שַׁלְהֶבֶת, preced. wds.) flame, flaming fire. B. Kam. 59ᵇ, a. e. מסר לו ש׳ if he gave him (the child &c.) flaming fire, opp. גחלת; v. לָבָה; Y. ib. VI, 5ᶜ top. Bets. V, 5 הגחלת … והש׳ בכל מקום if one takes burning coal from his neighbor on the Holy Day, he may carry it only as far as the owner is permitted to walk, but if he lights his own wood from the neighbor’s fire, he may carry it everywhere; a. fr.—Pl. שַׁלְהֲבוֹת, שַׁלְהוֹבוֹת. Pirké d’R. El. ch. LI מימי … שַׁלְהֲבוֹתָיו של שמש וכ׳ the waters of the ocean extinguish the flames of the sun, and it has no brightness and no flame the whole night; וכשיבא … ולובש שַׁלְהוֹבוֹתָיו וכ׳ and when it comes to the east, it bathes in a river of fire …, and puts on its flames and rises &c.