עָטוּף

Biblical Hebrew

be feeble — used 2 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

be feeble tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

עָטַף³: vb. be feeble, faint Qal tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. be feeble, faint (BAES 27 cp. Arabic عَطِبَ perish, flag);— Impf. 3 ms. יַעֲטֹף ψ 102:1, יַעֲטוֹף Is 57:16; Inf. cstr. עֲטֹף ψ 61:3; Pt. pass. (Ges§ 50 f) pl. עֲטֻפִים Gn 30:42, עֲטוּפִים La 2:19;—lit. be feeble Gn 30:42 (J; opp. קְשׁוּרִים); הָעֲטוּפִים בְּרָעָב La 2:19; fig. רוּחַ מִלְּפָנַי יַע׳ Is 57:16 the spirit would faint before me (י׳); בַּעֲטֹף לִבִּי ψ 61:3; 102:1 (title). Inf. cstr. בֵּעָטֵף עוֹלֵל La 2:11 when infants faint (for בְּהֵע׳; but read perhaps בַּעֲטֹף Qal, so Buhl). Inf. cstr. בְּהַעֲטִיף הַצֹּאן Gn 30:42 when the flock shewed feebleness. Impf. 3 fs. תִּתְעַטֵּף ψ 77:4, וַתִּת׳ 143:4, תִּתְעַטָּ֑ף 107:5; Inf. cstr. הִתְעַטֵּף 142:4; Jon 2:8, sf. הִתְעַטְּפָם La 2:12;—faint, faint away, La 2:12 (כֶּחָלָל like the wounded); subj. רוּחַ ψ 77:4; 142:4 (+ עָלַי, v. עַל II 1 d), 143:4 (+ id.); subj. נֶפֶשׁ Jon 2:8 (+ id.), ψ 107:5 (+ בָּהֶם).

Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech differs, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (3 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech differs, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: enfeebled (1); ones (1).

In the verses

Genesis 30:42 · tree →

וּבְהַעֲטִ֥יף הַצֹּ֖אן לֹ֣א יָשִׂ֑ים וְהָיָ֤ה הָעֲטֻפִים֙ לְלָבָ֔ן וְהַקְּשֻׁרִ֖ים לְיַעֲקֹֽב׃

Word for word: and when was.feeble the sheep not he.put.[them].out and it.was the.enfeebled ones [belonged].to Laban and the.vigorous [ones] [belonged].to Jacob

JPS 1917: but when the flock were feeble, he put them not in; so the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's.

Lamentations 2:19 · tree →

ק֣וּמִי ׀ רֹ֣נִּי בַלַּ֗יְלָה לְרֹאשׁ֙ אַשְׁמֻר֔וֹת שִׁפְכִ֤י כַמַּ֙יִם֙ לִבֵּ֔ךְ נֹ֖כַח פְּנֵ֣י אֲדֹנָ֑י שְׂאִ֧י אֵלָ֣יו כַּפַּ֗יִךְ עַל־נֶ֙פֶשׁ֙ עֽוֹלָלַ֔יִךְ הָעֲטוּפִ֥ים בְּרָעָ֖ב בְּרֹ֥אשׁ כָּל־חוּצֽוֹת׃ס

Word for word: arise cry.out in the night to.[the] beginning of.[the].night-watches pour.out like (the) water heart your in.front.of the.presence Lord of.[the] lift.up to him palms your on the.life children your the.ones enfeebled by hunger at.[the] head of.all [the].streets

JPS 1917: Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the watches; pour out thy heart like water before the face of the Lord; lift up thy hands toward Him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger at the head of every street.'

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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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