Word

רָפַשׂ

râphas · H7515 · Hebrew · 5 occurrences

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Meanings

to foul, to muddy

Causative action by which humans or animals walk through clean water and so muddy it with their feet

Examples
Proverbs 25:26 Like a trampled spring and a polluted well, So is a righteous person who gives way before the wicked.
Ezekiel 32:2 “Son of man, take up a song of mourning over Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say to him, ‘You compared yourself to a young lion of the nations, Yet you are like the monster in the seas; And you burst forth in your rivers And muddied the waters with your feet And fouled their rivers.’”
Ezekiel 34:18 ‘Is it too little a thing for you to feed in the good pasture, that you must trample with your feet the rest of your pastures? Or too little for you to drink the clear waters, that you must muddy the rest with your feet?
to humiliate oneself, to grovel

Action by which humans take on a posture of humility before (other) humans or deities in order to receive a favorable attitude

Examples
Proverbs 6:3 Then do this, my son, and save yourself: Since you have come into the hand of your neighbor, Go, humble yourself, and be urgent with your neighbor to free yourself.

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

4 occurrences in 3 groups

Not stated: you (one person) 2
Not stated: you (more than one) 1
Not stated (participle) 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

2 occurrences in 2 groups

יָתַרto remain 1
נָהָרriver 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 2 groups

בin/on/with+ רֶגֶלfoot, leg 1
בin/on/with+ רַץpiece (of silver) 1

What it is said to bePredicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

מְעַטfew 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 3 entries

Impact002001001024: Proverbs 25:26 describes "a trampled spring," and Ezekiel 32:2 and 34:18 both describe muddying waters "with your feet," directly attesting the sense of a forceful, trampling blow.
Mixed002003001012: Proverbs 25:26 describes "a trampled spring and a polluted well," and Ezekiel 32:2 and 34:18 both describe waters "muddied"/"muddy" underfoot, directly attesting the sense of clean water fouled and mixed with sediment.
Stance002001001061: Ezekiel 34:18's picture of trampling the pasture and muddying the water "with your feet" attests the bodily stance or footed action underlying this verb's trampling sense.

Word family 3 words

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

רָפַשׂrâphas · H7515מִרְפָּשׂ mirpâs · H4833 · muddying · 1×רֶפֶשׁ rephesh · H7516 · mud, dirt · 1×

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