[חָתָה] verb snatch up, usually fire, coals (Late Hebrew id.; ᵑ7 חֲתָא, id. (rare); Assyrian —atû is destroy (i.e. snatch away ?) see SASm^{Asrb i. 90}) —

Qal Imperfect יַחְתֶּה Proverbs 6:27; suffix יַחְתְּךָ Psalm 52:7; Infinitive construct לַחְתּוֺת Isaiah 30:14; Participle חֹתֶה Proverbs 25:22; — snatch up, with accusative אֵשׁ מִיָּקוּד Isaiah 30:14 to snatch up fire from a hearth ("" לַחְשׂף מים מִגֶּבֶא); אֵשׁ בְּחֵיקוֺ Proverbs 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 עלרֿאֹשׁוֺ ׳גְּחָלִים אַתָּה ח Proverbs 25:22; יַחְתְּךָ וְיִסָּֽחֲךָ מֵאֹ֑הֶל Psalm 52:7 God . . . shall snatch thee away, and pluck thee up tent-less.