Word

תּוֹעָפָה

tôwʻâphâh · H8443 · Hebrew · 4 occurrences

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Meanings

heights, tops, peaks

Only found in plural; meaning unsure, probably: the pointed top of a mountain

Examples
Psalm 95:4 In whose hand are the depths of the earth, The peaks of the mountains are also His.
precious

Exact meaning unknown; literally: heights; hence, possibly: state in which objects are considered valuable and desirable

Examples
Job 22:25 Then the Almighty will be your gold And abundant silver to you.
a horn

Literally height of an animal, hence the curved, pointed outgrowth of bone in hardened skin found in pairs on the heads of cattle, sheep and goats, used for defense or attack and associated with strength and honor, a raised horn symbolizing confidence or pride

Examples
Numbers 23:22 “God brings them out of Egypt, He is for them like the horns of the wild ox.
Numbers 24:8 “God brings him out of Egypt, He is for him like the horns of the wild ox. He will devour the nations who are his adversaries, And will crush their bones, And smash them with his arrows.

How it’s used In 5 roles

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

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

3 occurrences in 2 groups

רְאֵםwild ox 2
הַרmountain 1

What it is said to bePredicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

וֹhim 1

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

2 occurrences in 1 groups

אֵלGod, god 2

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 1 groups

כlike/as 2

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

כֶּסֶףsilver 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

High002001001035: This noun denotes towering height, as in Psalm 95:4's description of the peaks of the mountains belonging to the LORD.
Good002001001031: The noun also denotes abundant prosperity, as in Job 22:25's promise that the Almighty will be the sufferer's gold and abundant silver.
Animals001001002: The noun also denotes the horns of a wild animal, as in Numbers 23:22's picture of God bringing Israel out of Egypt like the horns of the wild ox.

Word family 4 words

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

יָעַף yâʻaph · H3286 · to grow faint, to grow weary, to fly · 8×יָעֵף yâʻêph · H3287 · faint, weary · 4×תּוֹעָפָהtôwʻâphâh · H8443יְעָף yᵉʻâph · H3288 · flight · 2×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H8443. toaphah [תּוֺעָפָה] noun feminine eminence; of towering horns (? see Di) לוֺ רְאֵם…

H8443. toaphah
[תּוֺעָפָה] noun feminine eminence; of towering horns (? see Di) לוֺ רְאֵם כְּתוֺעֲפֹת Num 23:22; Num 24:8, simile of strength of Israel; of peaks לוֺ הָרִים תּוֺעֲפוֺת Psa 95:4 (|| מֶחְקְרֵיאָֿ֑רֶץ); of silver Job 22:25 לָ֑ךְ תּוֺעָפוֺת כֶּסֶף, very dubious, perhaps heaps or bars (ingots).

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

Topical studies with this word 3 entries

Animals2 occurrences Good1 occurrence High1 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

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