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hebrew #5848 - עָטַף ataph (to turn aside)


Original Word:עָטַף
Transliteration: ataph
Definition:to turn aside
Part of Speech:Verb
Phonetic Spelling:(aw-taf')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

cover over, fail, faint, feebler, hide self, be overwhelmed, swoon

A primitive root; to shroud, i.e. Clothe (whether transitive or reflex.); hence (from the idea of darkness) to languish -- cover (over), fail, faint, feebler, hide self, be overwhelmed, swoon.


Englishman's Concordance

1) to turn aside
1a) (Qal) to turn aside, turn (in order to cover)
2) to envelop oneself
2a) (Qal) to envelop oneself, cover
3) to be feeble, be faint, grow weak
3a) (Qal) to be feeble, be faint
3b) (Niphal) to faint
3c) (Hiphil) to show feebleness
3d) (Hithpael) to faint, faint away
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1605, 1606, 1607

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. [עָטַף] verbturn aside (Syriac turn, return; Arabic incline, bend); —

QalImperfect3masculine singular יַעֲטֹףturn aside (so Ew Di De BaeKau and others), Job 23:9he turneth aside to the right (יָמִין; "" שְׂמאֹול בַּעֲשׂתוֺ), read probably 1 singular אֶעֱטֹף Me Bu Du, I turn... and do not see him ( and "" בִּקַּשְׁתִּו׳שׂ).

II. [עָטַף] verbenvelop oneself (Aramaism) (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic עֲטַף, ; Ethiopic covered, also noun web, texture); —

QalImperfect3masculine singular יַעֲטָףֿPsalm 73:6; 3masculine plural יַעַטְפוּPsalm 65:14; — envelop oneself:Psalm 65:15; the valleys cover themselves with corn ("" לָבַשׁ); שִֿׁית חָמָס לָ֑מוֺ׳יַPsalm 73:6they put on for themselves (each) a garb of violence.

III. [עָטַף] verbbe feeble, faint (BaES 27 compare Arabic perish, flag); —

QalImperfect3masculine singular יַעֲטֹףPsalm 102:1, יַעֲטוֺףIsaiah 57:16; Infinitive constructעֲטֹףPsalm 61:3; Passive participle (Ges§ 50f) plural עֲטֻפִיםGenesis 30:42, עֲטוּפִיםLamentations 2:19; — literally be feebleGenesis 30:42 (J; opposed to קְשׁוּרִים); הָעֲטוּפִים בְּרָעָבLamentations 2:19; figurative ׳רוּחַ מִלָּפָנַי יַעIsaiah 57:16the spirit would faint before me (׳י); בַּעֲטֹף לִבִּיPsalm 61:3; Psalm 101:2 (title).

Niph`alInfinitive constructבֵּעָטֵף עוֺלֵלLamentations 2:11when infants faint (for ׳בְּהֵע; but read perhaps בַּעֲטֹף

Qal, so Buhl).

Hiph`ilInfinitive constructבְּהַעֲטִיף הַצּאֹןGenesis 30:42 when the flock shewed feebleness.

Hithpa`elImperfect3feminine singular תִּתְעַטֵףPsalm 77:4, ׳וַתִּתPsalm 143:4, תִּתְעַטָ֑ףPsalm 107:5; Infinitive constructהִתְעַטֵּףPsalm 142:4; Jonah 2:8, suffix הִתְעַטְּפָםLamentations 2:12; — faint, faint away, Lamentations 2:12 (כֶּחָלָלlike the wounded); subject רוּחַPsalm 77:4; Psalm 142:4 (+ עָלַי, see עַל

II 1 d), Psalm 143:4 (+ id.); subject נֶפֶשׁJonah 2:8 (+ id.), Psalm 107:5 (+ בָּהֶם).


Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 5848. עָטַף (ataph) — 16 Occurrences

Genesis 30:42
HEB: וּבְהַעֲטִ֥יף הַצֹּ֖אן לֹ֣א
NAS: but when the flock was feeble, he did not put
KJV: But when the cattle were feeble, he put [them] not in:
INT:was feeble the flock did not

Genesis 30:42
HEB:יָשִׂ֑ים וְהָיָ֤ה הָעֲטֻפִים֙ לְלָבָ֔ן וְהַקְּשֻׁרִ֖ים
NAS: he did not put [them] in; so the feebler were Laban's
KJV: he put [them] not in: so the feebler were Laban's,
INT: put become the feebler were Laban's and the stronger

Job 23:9
HEB:וְלֹא־ אָ֑חַז יַעְטֹ֥ף יָ֝מִ֗ין וְלֹ֣א
NAS: behold [Him]; He turns on the right,
KJV: but I cannot behold [him]: he hideth himself on the right hand,
INT: cannot behold turns the right cannot

Psalm 61:2
HEB:אֵלֶ֣יךָ אֶ֭קְרָא בַּעֲטֹ֣ף לִבִּ֑י בְּצוּר־
NAS: to You when my heart is faint; Lead
KJV: unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead
INT: about call is faint my heart to the rock

Psalm 65:13
HEB:הַצֹּ֗אן וַעֲמָקִ֥ים יַֽעַטְפוּ־ בָ֑ר יִ֝תְרוֹעֲע֗וּ
NAS: And the valleys are covered with grain;
KJV: the valleys also are covered over with corn;
INT: flocks and the valleys are covered grain shout

Psalm 73:6
HEB:עֲנָקַ֣תְמוֹ גַאֲוָ֑ה יַעֲטָף־ שִׁ֝֗ית חָמָ֥ס
NAS: The garment of violence covers them.
KJV: violence covereth them [as] a garment.
INT: is their necklace pride covers the garment of violence

Psalm 77:3
HEB:וְאֶֽהֱמָיָ֑ה אָשִׂ֓יחָה ׀ וְתִתְעַטֵּ֖ף רוּחִ֣י סֶֽלָה׃
NAS: then my spirit grows faint. Selah.
KJV: and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.
INT: I am disturbed sigh grows my spirit Selah

Psalm 102:1
HEB:לְעָנִ֣י כִֽי־ יַעֲטֹ֑ף וְלִפְנֵ֥י יְ֝הוָ֗ה
KJV: of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out
INT: of the afflicted for is overwhelmed before LORD

Psalm 107:5
HEB:נַ֝פְשָׁ֗ם בָּהֶ֥ם תִּתְעַטָּֽף׃
NAS: Their soul fainted within them.
KJV: their soul fainted in them.
INT: and thirsty their soul fainted

Psalm 142:3
HEB: בְּהִתְעַטֵּ֬ף עָלַ֨י ׀ רוּחִ֗י
NAS: When my spirit was overwhelmed within
KJV: When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest
INT:was overwhelmed within my spirit

Psalm 143:4
HEB: וַתִּתְעַטֵּ֣ף עָלַ֣י רוּחִ֑י
NAS: Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within
KJV: Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart
INT:is overwhelmed within my spirit

Isaiah 57:16
HEB:ר֙וּחַ֙ מִלְּפָנַ֣י יַֽעֲט֔וֹף וּנְשָׁמ֖וֹת אֲנִ֥י
NAS: For the spirit would grow faint before
KJV: for the spirit should fail before
INT: the spirit before grow and the breath I

Lamentations 2:11
HEB:בַּת־ עַמִּ֑י בֵּֽעָטֵ֤ף עוֹלֵל֙ וְיוֹנֵ֔ק
NAS: and infants faint In the streets
KJV: and the sucklings swoon in the streets
INT: of the daughter of my people faint little and infants

Lamentations 2:12
HEB:דָּגָ֣ן וָיָ֑יִן בְּהִֽתְעַטְּפָ֤ם כֶּֽחָלָל֙ בִּרְחֹב֣וֹת
NAS: and wine? As they faint like a wounded man
KJV: and wine? when they swooned as the wounded
INT: is grain banqueting cover A wounded the streets

Lamentations 2:19
HEB:נֶ֙פֶשׁ֙ עֽוֹלָלַ֔יִךְ הָעֲטוּפִ֥ים בְּרָעָ֖ב בְּרֹ֥אשׁ
NAS: of your little ones Who are faint because of hunger
KJV: of thy young children, that faint for hunger
INT: the life of your little are faint of hunger the head

Jonah 2:7
HEB: בְּהִתְעַטֵּ֤ף עָלַי֙ נַפְשִׁ֔י
NAS:While I was fainting away, I remembered
KJV: When my soul fainted within me I remembered
INT:was fainting When my soul

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