# H3897 לָחַךְ

לָחַךְ (lâchak), Strong’s H3897: to lick KJV: lick (up).. Occurs 6 times.

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*lâchak* — to lick

KJV: lick (up).

Occurs 6 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [לָחַךְ] vb. lick
- Qal of ox licking up grass.
- Pi. lick up, fire fr. heaven the water in trench; of Isr. consuming produce of land; lick the dust, sign of humiliation

## Where it occurs
- [Numbers 22:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/22?v=4) — Moab said to the elders of Midian, “Now this multitude will lick up all that is around us, as the ox licks up the grass…
- [1 Kings 18:38](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/18?v=38) — Then the LORD’s fire fell and consumed the burnt offering, the wood, the stones, and the dust; and it licked up the…
- [Isaiah 49:23](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/49?v=23) — Kings shall be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow down to you with their faces…
- [Micah 7:17](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/micah/7?v=17) — They will lick the dust like a serpent. Like crawling things of the earth, they will come trembling out of their dens…
- [Psalms 72:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/72?v=9) — Those who dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him. His enemies shall lick the dust.