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Strong's #3943 - לָפַת

Transliteration
lâphath
Phonetics
law-fath'
Origin
a primitive root
Parts of Speech
verb
TWOT
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Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

  1. to twist, grasp, turn, grasp with a twisting motion
    1. (Qal) to grasp
    2. (Niphal) to twist, weave, wind

Greek Equivalent Words:
Strong #: 2641 ‑ καταλείπω (kat‑al‑i'‑po);  5015 ‑ ταράσσω (tar‑as'‑so);  
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Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2318) tpl (לפת LPT) AC: Twist CO: ? AB: ?

V) tpl (לפת LPT) - Twist: To twist to the side. KJV (3): (vf: Paal, Niphal) take, turn - Strongs: H3943 (לָפַת)

AHL Definitions Copyright: ©1999-2024
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
 [לָפַת] verb twist, turn, grasp with a twisting motion (Arabic twist, wring; Assyrian lapâtu, overthrow, Dl HWB 382); —

Qal Imperfect וַיִּלְמֹּת Judges 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 יִלְמְּתוּ or Pi`el יְלַמְּתוּ, making ארחות, = caravans, subject

לֵץ, לָצוֺן see below ליץ.


Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

לָפַת fut. יִלְפֹּת i.q. Arabic لفت to bend, to incline something, Judges 16:29.

Niphal, to bend oneself

(a) to turn aside from the way. Judges 6:18, יִלָּֽפְתוּ אָרְתוֹת דַּרְבָּם “the journeyers of their way turn aside,” i.e. those who journey that way; die Wanderer, die des Weges kommen.

(b) to turn oneself back to see (Arab. Conj. I. V. VIII. id.), Ruth 3:8.


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List of Word Forms
וַיִּלְפֹּ֨ת וַיִּלָּפֵ֑ת וילפת יִ֭לָּ֣פְתוּ ילפתו vaiyillaFet vaiyilPot way·yil·lā·p̄êṯ way·yil·pōṯ wayyillāp̄êṯ wayyilpōṯ yil·lā·p̄ə·ṯū yilLafetu yillāp̄əṯū
 
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