# לָהַם (laham)

Israeli respelling: la-ham. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H3859. 2 Old Testament occurrences.

properly, to burn in, i.e. (figuratively) to rankle

King James renderings: wound.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/laham-h3859

## Occurrences

- [Proverbs 18:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/18/8) — The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
- [Proverbs 26:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/26/22) — The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.