Lahav (להב) means flame in Hebrew.
It can also mean blade. It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
flame, blade
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 6 meanings for Lahav.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1מליצהלשון אש, להבה.
וַיְהִי בַעֲלוֹת הַלַּהַב מֵעַל הַמִּזְבֵּחַ הַשָּׁמַיְמָה וַיַּעַל מַלְאַך יהוה בְּלַהַב הַמִּזְבֵּחַ
- 2הזוהר הבוהק מחלקו החד של סכין, חרב או כלי חד אחר.
פָּרָשׁ מַעֲלֶה וְלַהַב חֶרֶב וּבְרַק חֲנִית...
- 3חלקו של סכין, חרב או כלי חד אחר, מהניצב והלאה, המשמש לחיתוך או דקירה.
וַיָּבֹא גַם-הַנִּצָּב אַחַר הַלַּהַב וַיִּסְגֹּר הַחֵלֶב בְּעַד הַלַּהַב כִּי לֹא שָׁלַף הַחֶרֶב מִבִּטְנוֹ וַיֵּצֵא הַפַּרְשְׁדֹנָה.
- 4בהשאלהאחת מן הכנפיים במדחף.
- 5ראו: Ludwig Koehler & Walter Baumgartner, The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament, ערך 'לַהַב' (1999); A. Murtonen, Hebrew in its West Semitic Setting, p. 245 (1988); Wolf Leslau, Southeast Semitic Cognates to the Akkadian Vocabulary. III, Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 89, pp. 18-22, p. 19 (1969)
- 6מנחם צבי קדרי, מילון העברית המקראית, עמ' 554 (2006)
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Lahav is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- לַהַב
- Written without vowel points
- להב
- Said
- lahav
- Root
- ל־ה־ב
- Pattern
- קֶטֶל
- Plural
- לְהָבִים
- Inflections
- ר' לְהָבִים; לַהַב-, ר' לַהֲבֵי-
- Gematria
- 37
This is how Lahav is said in other languages.
- English
- flame, blade
- Arabic
- لهب, شفرة
- Russian
- пла́мя, ле́звие, ло́пасть
- French
- flamme, lame
- Spanish
- flama, cuchilla, aleta
- German
- Flamme, Klinge
- Yiddish
- פֿלאַם
These words mean nearly the same as Lahav.
- להבהflame
- שלהבתflame
- חוד החנית
- חורפהBit
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These words mean the opposite of Lahav.
These words rhyme with Lahav.
The word Lahav is part of these phrases and sayings.
- גלגיליות להב
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The word Lahav comes from the root ל־ה־ב, like these words.
These words come before and after Lahav in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Lahav.
What does Lahav (להב) mean in Hebrew?
Lahav (להב) means flame and blade. It is said lahav, with the stress on la.
What is a synonym for Lahav (להב)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Lahav (להב) are להבה, שלהבת, חוד החנית, and חורפה.
What is the opposite of Lahav (להב)?
Words that mean the opposite of Lahav (להב) are ניצב.
What rhymes with Lahav (להב)?
Words that rhyme with Lahav (להב) include יהב, רהב, and רהב.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry להב of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.