Word

תָּפַר

tâphar · H8609 · Hebrew · 4 occurrences

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Meanings

to sew together

Causative action by which humans join together pieces of cloth or animal skin with stitches using a needle and thread from local plants, for making clothing or shelter

Examples
Genesis 3:7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves waist coverings.
to wear sackcloth continually

Literally: to sew sacksloth over (one's) skin; hence: action by which humans continually wear mourning clothes, to express their grief

Examples
Job 16:15 “I have sewed sackcloth over my skin, And thrust my horn in the dust.
to mend, to repair

Causative action by which humans repair torn material or clothing using a needle and thread from local plants

Examples
Ecclesiastes 3:7 A time to tear apart and a time to sew together; A time to be silent and a time to speak.
to sew

Literally: to sew onto (part the body); hence: causative action by which humans fasten pieces of cloth to parts of the body with stitches using a needle and thread from a local plant

Examples
Ezekiel 13:18 and say, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: “Woe to the women who sew magic bands on all wrists and make veils for the heads of persons of every stature to capture souls! Will you capture the souls of My people, but keep the souls of others alive for yourselves?

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

Who or what does itSubject

4 occurrences in 4 groups

Not stated: I 1
Not stated: they 1
Not stated (infinitive) 1
Not stated (participle) 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

3 occurrences in 3 groups

כֶּסֶתband 1
עָלֶהleaf 1
שַׂקsackcloth, sack 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 2 groups

עַלon, upon, over, against+ גֶּלֶדskin 1
עַלon, upon, over, against+ אַצִּילjoint of arm 1

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

2 occurrences in 2 groups

הוֹיwoe!, alas! 1
עֵתtime, moment, period 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 1 groups

לto/for 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

Attach002003001001: This verb denotes joining pieces of material together, as in Genesis 3:7's account of Adam and Eve sewing fig leaves together for coverings.
Dress002003001007: The verb also denotes fashioning a garment by sewing, as in Job 16:15's lament of having sewed sackcloth over his skin.
Whole002003001020: The verb also denotes restoring something to a complete state, as in Ecclesiastes 3:7's declaration of a time to tear apart and a time to sew together.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H8609. taphar [תָּפַר] verb sew together (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic תְּפַר); — Qal…

H8609. taphar
[תָּפַר] verb sew together (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic תְּפַר); —
Qal Imperfect3masculine plural וַיִּתְפְרוּ Gen 3:7 (J) they sewed together fig-leaves (accusative); Perfect1singular תָּפַ֫רְתִּי Job 16:15, with accusative + עֲלֵי, sackcloth I have sewed upon my skin; Infinitive construct לִתְמּוֺר עֵת Ecc 3:6 a time to sew together (opposed to קָרַע).
Pi`el Participle as substantive feminine plural מְתַמְּרוֺת Eze 13:18 those who keep sewing, with accusative + עַל.

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

Topical studies with this word 3 entries

Attach1 occurrence Dress2 occurrences Whole1 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