H2846. chathah
[חָתָה] verb snatch up, usually fire, coals (Late Hebrew id.; חֲתָא ᵑ7, id. (rare); Assyrian —atû is destroy (i.e. snatch away ?) see SASmAsrb i. 90) —
Qal Imperfect יַחְתֶּה [Prov 6:27]; suffix יַחְתְּךָ [Psa 52:7]; Infinitive construct לַחְתּוֺת [Isa 30:14]; Participle חֹתֶה [Prov 25:22]; — snatch up, with accusative מִיָּקוּד אֵשׁ [Isa 30:14] to snatch up fire from a hearth (|| מִגֶּבֶא מים לַחְשׂף); בְּחֵיקוֺ אֵשׁ [Prov 6:27] shall a man snatch up fire in his bosom and his garments not be burned ? (in simile of adulterer); pregnantly seize (and put) upon ח אַתָּה ׳גְּחָלִים עלרֿאֹשׁוֺ [25:22]; מֵאֹ֑הֶל וְיִסָּֽחֲךָ יַחְתְּךָ [Psa 52:7] God . . . shall snatch thee away, and pluck thee up tent-less.