דָּפַק

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H1849

beat — used 3 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

beat tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

דָּפַק: vb. beat, knock tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. beat, knock (Arabic دَفَقَ pour out, also drive (beasts))— Perf. 3 mpl. sf. וּדְפָקוּם consec. Gn 33:13, but read 1 s. sf. וּדְפַקְתִּים 𝔊 𝔖 Sam Di beat (in driving, drive severely or cruelly); Pt. דּוֹפֵק Ct 5:2 abs. knocking (at door). Pt. מִתְדַּפְּקִים עַל־הַדָּ֑לֶת Ju 19:22 beat violently (beat themselves tired) against the door.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: [is] knocking (1); beating violently (1); people (1).

In the verses

Genesis 33:13 · tree →

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֗יו אֲדֹנִ֤י יֹדֵ֙עַ֙ כִּֽי־הַיְלָדִ֣ים רַכִּ֔ים וְהַצֹּ֥אן וְהַבָּקָ֖ר עָל֣וֹת עָלָ֑י וּדְפָקוּם֙ י֣וֹם אֶחָ֔ד וָמֵ֖תוּ כָּל־הַצֹּֽאן׃

Word for word: and he.said to him lord my [is].knowing (dm).that the children [are].weak and the sheep and the cattle [are].nursing with me and people will.drive.them.hard a.day one and they.will.die all the flock

JPS 1917: And he said unto him: 'My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and that the flocks and herds giving suck are a care to me; and if they overdrive them one day, all the flocks will die.

Song of Songs 5:2 · tree →

אֲנִ֥י יְשֵׁנָ֖ה וְלִבִּ֣י עֵ֑ר ק֣וֹל ׀ דּוֹדִ֣י דוֹפֵ֗ק פִּתְחִי־לִ֞י אֲחֹתִ֤י רַעְיָתִי֙ יוֹנָתִ֣י תַמָּתִ֔י שֶׁרֹּאשִׁי֙ נִמְלָא־טָ֔ל קְוֻּצּוֹתַ֖ירְסִ֥יסֵי לָֽיְלָה׃

Word for word: I [was].sleeping and heart my [was].awake the.sound my.lover my [is].knocking open to me my.sister my friend my dove my my.perfect [one] that head my [is].filled dew locks my dewdrops of.night

JPS 1917: I sleep, but my heart waketh; Hark! my beloved knocketh: 'Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; for my head is filled with dew, my locks with the drops of the night.'

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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