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מוֺפֵת noun masculine Deut 29:2 wonder, sign, portent (= מאֹפֵת) — מוֺפֵת Exod 7:9 + 14 t.; מוֺפֶתְכֶם Ezek 12:11 מוֺפְתִים Deut 4:34 + 4 t.; מֹפְתִים Deut 6:22 + 9 t.; מוֺפְתַי Exod 7:3; Exod 11:9 מוֺפְתָיו Ps 78:43 מֹפְתָיו 1Chr 16:12; Ps 105:5 —
1.
wonder, as special display of God's power Exod 7:3; Exod 11:9; Ps 105:5; 1Chr 16:12; Joel 3:3 by Moses and Aaron Exod 4:21; Exod 11:10
compare Exod 7:9
(in mouth of Pharaoh), by false prophets Deut 13:2; Deut 13:3 (|| אות); usually || אות
Deut 4:34; Deut 6:22; Deut 7:19; Deut 26:8; Deut 29:2; Deut 34:11;
Ps 78:43;
Ps 105:27
; Ps 135:9
; Jer
32:20; Jer 32:21; Neh 9:10 applied to effect of Yahweh's curse Deut 28:46 (|| אות
); to one protected by ׳
י
Ps 71:7.
2.
sign or token of future event (compare אוֺת) 1Kgs 13:3
(twice in verse);
1Kgs 13:5; 2Chr 32:24; 2Chr 32:31 symbolic act Isa 20:3 (|| אות); as such the
term is applied to persons Isa 8:18 (|| אות) Ezek 12:6; Ezek 12:11; Ezek 24:24; Ezek 24:27
compare׳
אַנְשֵׁי מ
Zech 3:8
men who serve as a symbol or sign. — Vb. used, of divine act, is נתן
Exod 7:9 etc.,
שׂים
Jer 32:20
שׂים also of entrusting to human power Exod 4:21, compare דִּבֶּר
1Kgs 13:3 of
human agency עשׂה
Exod 4:21; Exod 11:10,
נתן
1Kgs 13:3;
1Kgs 13:5.