Strong's Lexicon

H3943

H3943 — לָפַת

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewlaphathverb-stemOccurrences: 3TWOT: 1123

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H3943
Word:	לָפַת
Part of Speech:	verb-stem
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	3
Transliteration:	laphath
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	law-fath'
Meaning:	1. (properly) to bend 2. (by implication) to clasp 3. (reflexively) to turn around or aside
KJV Renderings:	take hold, turn aside (self).

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB4448

[לָפַת] verb twist, turn, grasp with a twisting motion (Arabic [untranscribed source text 2847] twist, wring; Assyrian lapâtu , overthrow, Dl^{HWB 382}); —

Qal Imperfect וַיִּלְפֹּת Judg 16:29 followed by accusative, Samson grasped the two middle columns.

Niph`al Imperfect 3 masculine singular וַיִּלָּפֵת Ruth 3:8 the man started up and twisted himself; 3 masculine plural יִלָּֽפְתוּ Job 6:18 the paths of their way [i.e. of the streams] turn aside (twist, wind, with lessening force), so AV Hi De Da Bu > Ew Ol Di Siegf Du, who read Qal יִלְפְּתוּ or Pi`el יְלַפְּתוּ , making ארחות, = caravans, subject

לֵץ, לָצוֺן see below ליץ.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

לפת (lah-phath’)

Judges 16:29

KJV: And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood, and on which it was borne up, of the one with his right hand, and of the other with his left.on which…: or, he leaned on them

EHCC: And Samson foak hold of the tro midis

Job 6:18

KJV: The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.

EHCC: TH pas of their way are turned ss

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