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עָטַף

ʻâṭaph · H5848 · Hebrew · 16 occurrences

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Meanings

  1. To turn, to turn around so as to face a different direction

    Examples

    Job 23:9 When He acts on the left, I cannot see Him; He turns to the right, but I cannot see Him.

  2. to be clothed or covered

    A state in which an area is completely covered with objects, as clothing covers the human body

    Examples

    Psalm 65:13 The meadows are clothed with flocks And the valleys are covered with grain; They shout for joy, yes, they sing.

  3. To clothe oneself with an activity, meaning to be fully engaged in it, as if the activity covers a person physically like a garment

    Examples

    Psalm 73:6 Therefore arrogance is their necklace; The garment of violence covers them.

  4. weak, feeble

    State in which humans or animals lack physical strength; sometimes caused by hunger and thirst

    Examples

    Genesis 30:42 but when the flock was sickly, he did not put them in; so the sickly were Laban’s, and the stronger were Jacob’s.

  5. weak, feeble

    To faint or languish, a state in which humans are totally without physical strength and near death, caused by hunger, thirst, or other physical suffering

    Examples

    Psalm 107:5 They were hungry and thirsty; Their souls felt weak within them.

    Lamentations 2:11 My eyes fail because of tears, My spirit is greatly troubled; My heart is poured out on the earth Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people, When little ones and infants languish In the streets of the city.

    Lamentations 2:12 They say to their mothers, “Where is grain and wine?” As they faint like a wounded person In the streets of the city, As their lives are poured out In their mothers’ arms.

  6. weak, feeble

    To faint or despair, a state in which humans are totally without inner strength, caused by physical or non-physical suffering

    Examples

    Psalm 61:2 From the end of the earth I call to You when my heart is faint; Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

    Psalm 77:3 When I remember God, then I am restless; When I sigh, then my spirit feels weak. Selah

    Psalm 102:1 A Prayer of the afflicted when he is weak and pours out his complaint before the LORD.

How it’s used In 6 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

14 occurrences in 10 groups

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

7 occurrences in 5 groups

Named alongside itApposition

1 occurrences in 1 groups

What it doesIt is the subject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

4 occurrences in 1 groups

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Semantic domains 5 entries
Weak002001001069
עָטַף describes growing feeble or faint, as in Genesis 30:42's flock "was feeble" and Psalm 61:3's heart that "grows faint."
Move002002001012
The word can also describe turning aside, as in Job 23:9's "He turns to the right, but I cannot see Him."
Cover002003001005
עָטַף also describes being covered or wrapped, as in Psalm 73:6's "the garment of violence covers them."
Engage002003003011
This domain reflects the word's "hide self" shading, part of its broader range beyond the citations shown here.
Afraid002001002001
This domain reflects the word's "be overwhelmed/swoon" sense, a fainting brought on by fear or distress, part of its broader range beyond the citations shown here.
Word family 2 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

עָטַףʻâṭaph · H5848מַעֲטָפָה maʻăṭâphâh · H4595 · cape, mantle, cloak · 1×
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H5848. ataph I. [עָטַף] verb turn aside (Syriac turn, return; Arabic incline, bend); —…
H5848. ataph
I. [עָטַף] verb turn aside (Syriac turn, return; Arabic incline, bend); —
Qal Imperfect3masculine singular יַעֲטֹף turn aside (so Ew Di De BaeKau and others), Job 23:9 he turneth aside to the right (יָמִין; || בַּעֲשׂתוֺ שְׂמאֹול), read probably 1 singular אֶעֱטֹף Me Bu Du, I turn... and do not see him ( and || ׳שׂ בִּקַּשְׁתִּו).
II. [עָטַף] verb envelop oneself (Aramaism) (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic עֲטַף, ; Ethiopic covered, also noun web, texture); —
Qal Imperfect3masculine singular יַעֲטָףֿ Psa 73:6; Psa 73:3masculine plural יַעַטְפוּ Psalm 65:14; — envelop oneself: Psalm 65:15; the valleys cover themselves with corn (|| לָבַשׁ); לָ֑מוֺ׳יַ חָמָס שִֿׁית Psa 73:6 they put on for themselves (each) a garb of violence.
III. [עָטַף] verb be feeble, faint (BaES 27 compare Arabic perish, flag); —
Qal Imperfect3masculine singular יַעֲטֹף Psa 102:1, יַעֲטוֺף Isa 57:16; Infinitive construct עֲטֹף Psa 61:3; Passive participle (Ges§ 50f) plural עֲטֻפִים Gen 30:42, עֲטוּפִים Lam 2:19; — literally be feeble Gen 30:42 (J; opposed to קְשׁוּרִים); בְּרָעָב הָעֲטוּפִים Lam 2:19; figurative יַע מִלָּפָנַי ׳רוּחַ Isa 57:16 the spirit would faint before me (׳י); לִבִּי בַּעֲטֹף Psa 61:3; Psa 101:2 (title).
Niph`al Infinitive construct עוֺלֵל בֵּעָטֵף Lam 2:11 when infants faint (for ׳בְּהֵע; but read perhaps בַּעֲטֹף
Qal, so Buhl).
Hiph`il Infinitive construct הַצּאֹן בְּהַעֲטִיף Gen 30:42 when the flock shewed feebleness.
Hithpa`el Imperfect3feminine singular תִּתְעַטֵף Psa 77:4, ׳וַתִּת Psa 143:4, תִּתְעַטָ֑ף Psa 107:5; Infinitive construct הִתְעַטֵּף Psa 142:4; Jon 2:8, suffix הִתְעַטְּפָם Lam 2:12; — faint, faint away, Lam 2:12 (כֶּחָלָל like the wounded); subject רוּחַ Psa 77:4; Psa 142:4 (+ עָלַי, see עַל
II 1 d), Psa 143:4 (+ id.); subject נֶפֶשׁ Jon 2:8 (+ id.), Psa 107:5 (+ בָּהֶם).

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 5 entries
Weak7 occurrencesAfraid6 occurrencesMove1 occurrenceCover1 occurrenceEngage1 occurrence

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

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