BDB3652
[יָפַח] verb breathe, puff (by-form of פּוּחַ , q. v.; see BaNB 189; compare Talmud יפח breath) — only
Hithpa`el
Imperfect 3 feminine singular תִּתְיַפֵּחַ
Jer 4:31 she
gaspeth for breath.
Strong's Lexicon
H3306
H3306 — יָפַח
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | H3306 |
|---|---|
| Word: | יָפַח |
| Part of Speech: | verb-stem |
| Etymology: | a primitive root |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | yaphach |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | yaw-fakh' |
| Meaning: | 1. (properly) to breathe hard 2. (by implication) to sigh |
| KJV Renderings: | bewail self. |
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Other Resources
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
Englishman's Hebrew Concordance
יפח (yah-phagh’)
Jeremiah 4:31
- KJV: For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers.
- EHCC: daughter of Zion, (that) bewaileth hers,