BDB9234
תָּפַשׂ verb lay hold of, wield ( = Late Hebrew תָּפַשׂ, תָּפַם, Aramaic תְּפַשׂ, תְּפַם); —
Qal
Perfect 3 masculine singular ׳
ת
2Kgs 14:13 +,
suffix consecutive וּתְפָשָׂהּ
Deut 22:28,
etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִתְפּשֹׁ
Isa 3:6, 1 plural
נִתְפְּשֵׂם
2Kgs 7:12, etc.;
Imperative masculine plural תִּפְשׂוּ
1Kgs 18:40,
etc.; Infinitive absolute
תָּפשֹׁ
Jer 34:3 construct
תְּפשֹׁ
Ezek 14:5,
לִתְפּשֹׁ
Ezek 21:16;
Ezek 30:21,
suffix לְתָפְשָׂהּ
Deut 20:19,
etc.; Participle
תֹּפֵשׂ
Gen 4:21 +,
construct תֹּפְשִׂי
Jer 49:16 (
Ges«GKC:90l»§ 90l), etc.; —
1.
lay hold of, seize (with the hand), accusative of person, Gen 39:12 (
J
; + בְּבִגְדוֺ), also (ב person) Isa 3:6; Deut 21:19; Jer 37:14
; Ezek
29:7 (in figurative; + ב instrumental); with ב of thing 1Kgs 11:30
; Deut 9:17
arrest, catch, accusative of person 1Sam 23:26; 1Kgs 13:4; 1Kgs 18:40 (twice in
verse); Jer 26:8
; Jer
37:13; 2Kgs 14:13 = 2Chr 25:23; 2Kgs 25:6 = Jer 52:9; Ps 71:11 in phrase
catch, capture alive (חַי), accusative of person Josh 8:28 (
J
E
), 1Sam
15:8; 1Kgs 20:18 (twice in verse); 2Kgs 7:12; 2Kgs 10:14 (twice in verse);
seize city (accusative) Josh 8:8 (
J
E
),
2Kgs 14:7; 2Kgs 16:9; 2Kgs 18:13 = Isa 36:1; Deut 20:9; Jer 40:10 figurative Ezek 14:5
seize Israel (accusative) by (ב) their heart (terrorize them); Prov 30:9
seize (do violence to) the name (accusative) of my God; תָּפוּשׂ זָהָב
Hab 2:19
grasped (sheathed) in gold; מְרוֺם גִּבְעָה
׳
ת
Jer 49:16
holding (occupying) the height of the hill.
2.
grasp in order to wield, wield, use skilfully: grasp sword
בַּכָּף
Ezek 21:16
(accusative omitted), compare Ezek 30:21 (ב of sword), and especially
participle: תִּפֵשׂ הַקֶּשֶׁת
Amos 2:15
, תֹּפֵשׂ כִנּוֺר
Gen 4:21 (
J
), מַגָּל
׳
ת
Jer 50:16
, תֹּפְשֵׂי מָגֵן
Jer 46:9a
(strike out ׳
ת
Jer 46:9b
ᵐ5
Gie
Co
Du), מָשׁוֺט
׳
ת
Ezek 27:29
, חֲרָבוֺת
Ezek 38:4
even הַתּוֺרָה
׳
ת
Jer 2:8
they that handle (deal with, are expert in) the law,
הַמִּלְחָמָה
׳
ת
Num 31:27
(
P
) those skilled in war. — Jer 34:8 see below
Niph`al
Perfect 3 masculine singular נִתְפַּשׂ
Ezek 19:4
, 2 feminine singular נִתְפַּשְׂתְּ
Jer
50:24, etc.; Imperfect 3 feminine singular וַתִּתָּפֵשׂ
Jer
51:41, 2 masculine singular תִּתָּפֵשׂ
Jer 34:3
;
Jer 38:23, etc.; Infinitive construct
לְהִתָּפֵשׂ
Ezek
21:28 — be seized, arrested, caught (sometimes || נִלְכַּד
), subject person, Jer 38:23 (ב instrumental), Jer 50:24
(figurative of Babylonian ), also (with ב instrumental) Ezek 12:13; Ezek
17:20; Ezek
19:4; Ezek
19:8 (both figurative of Israel), Ezek 21:29, and
(without ב) v.Ezek 21:28; Num 5:13 + Infinitive absolute
Qal
תָּפשֹׁ תִּתָּפֵשׂ
Jer 34:3
be seized, of fortress, city Jer 48:41 (both ||
נִלְכַּד), Jer 50:46, compare Jer 51:32 figurative Ps 10:2
may they be caught in (ב) the devices
which they have planned.
Pi`el
Imperfect 2 masculine singular תְּתַפֵּשׂ
Prov 30:28 a lizard thou mayest grasp with the hands (ב
); — or read תִּתָּפֵשׂ Niph`al Imperfect 3 feminine singular, see De Toy.
I. תֹּ֫פֶת see תוף .