קָפָא

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7087

thicken — 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

thicken tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

קָפָא: vb. thicken, condense, congeal Niph. tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. thicken, condense, congeal (cf. Syriac ܩܦܳܐ heap up, collect);— Pf. 3 pl. קָֽפְאוּ תְהֹמֹת Ex 15:8 (song) the deeps were condensed, became firm walls; Impf. יקפאון Zc 14:6 Kt (i.e. יִקְפָּא֑וּן [poss. is also יִקָּפֵא֑וּן Niph.]) Thes al. glorious(?) ones [stars] shall contract (dwindle), but read Qr וְקִפָּאוֹן v. foll. Pt. הַקֹּפְאִים עַל־שִׁמְרֵיהֶם Zp 1:12 the men who are thickening on their lees (easy-going men, under figure of undisturbed wine). Impf. 2 ms. sf. תַּקְפִּיאֵנִי Jb 10:10 didst thou not curdle me like cheese (of formation of foetus)?

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 (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: are] thickening (1); did (1); they congealed (1).

In the verses

Job 10:10 · tree →

הֲלֹ֣א כֶ֭חָלָב תַּתִּיכֵ֑נִי וְ֝כַגְּבִנָּ֗ה תַּקְפִּיאֵֽנִי׃

Word for word: ? not like (the) milk did you.pour.me.out and like (the) cheese did you.curdle.me?

JPS 1917: Hast Thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?

Exodus 15:8 · tree →

וּבְר֤וּחַ אַפֶּ֙יךָ֙ נֶ֣עֶרְמוּ מַ֔יִם נִצְּב֥וּ כְמוֹ־נֵ֖ד נֹזְלִ֑ים קָֽפְא֥וּ תְהֹמֹ֖ת בְּלֶב־יָֽם׃

Word for word: and by the.breath your.nostrils your they.were.piled.up [the].waters they.stood.up like a.heap streams they.congealed the.deeps in.[the] heart of.[the].sea

JPS 1917: And with the blast of Thy nostrils the waters were piled up — the floods stood upright as a heap; the deeps were congealed in the heart of the sea.

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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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