Word

קָפָא

qâphâʼ · H7087 · Hebrew · 4 occurrences

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Meanings

to set, to thicken, to congeal, to become concentrated

The process by which liquids become relatively more solid than before, and so flow less easily or stop flowing completely

Examples
Exodus 15:8 “At the blast of Your nostrils the waters were piled up, The flowing waters stood up like a heap; The depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.
Zephaniah 1:12 “And it will come about at that time That I will search Jerusalem with lamps, And I will punish the people Who are stagnant in spirit, Who say in their hearts, ‘The LORD will not do good nor harm!’
Zechariah 14:6 On that day there will be no light; the luminaries will die out.
to curdle, to congeal, to thicken

The process by which deities cause liquids to become relatively more solid than before, and so flow less easily or stop flowing completely

Examples
Job 10:10 ‘Did You not pour me out like milk, And curdle me like cheese,

How it’s used In 4 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

3 occurrences in 3 groups

תְּהוֹםocean 1
Not stated: you (one person) 1
Not stated (participle) 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

נִיme 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

3 occurrences in 3 groups

עַלon, upon, over, against+ שֶׁמֶרdregs 1
בin/on/with+ לֵבheart, mind 1
כlike/as+ גְּבִנָהcheese 1

What it doesIt is the subject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

הָיָהto be, to become 1

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.

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Semantic domains 2 entries

Solid002001001058: The word means to congeal or curdle, directly illustrated by the waters of the sea congealing into a heap at the exodus (Exodus 15:8) and Job's description of being curdled like cheese (Job 10:10).
Dark002001001017: The same word describes growing still or dark, illustrated by those who are stagnant and settled like wine left on its dregs (Zephaniah 1:12) and the day when the light of the stars will not shine (Zechariah 14:6).

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7087. qapha ' [קָפָא] verb thicken, condense, congeal (compare Syriac heap up, collect);…

H7087. qapha
' [קָפָא] verb thicken, condense, congeal (compare Syriac heap up, collect); —
Qal Perfect3plural תְהֹמֹת קָֽפְאוּ Exo 15:8 (song) the deeps were condensed, became firm walls; Imperfect יקפאון Zec 14:6 Kt (i.e. יִקְמָּא֑וּן [possible is also יִקָּפֵא֑וּן
Niph`al]) Thes and others glorious(?) ones [stars] shall contract (dwindle), but read Qr וְמָּאוֺן see following Participle עַלאשִׁמְרַיהֶם הַקֹּפְאִים Zep 1:12 the men who are thickening on their lees (easy-going men, under figure of undisturbed wine).
Hiph`il Imperfect2masculine singular suffix תַּקְמִּיאֵנִי Job 10:10 didst thou not curdle me like cheese (of formation of foetus) ?

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

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Dark1 occurrence Solid5 occurrences

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

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0