Lexicon laphath: to twist, turn, grasp with a twisting motion Original Word: לָפַתPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: laphath Phonetic Spelling: (law-fath') Short Definition: forward NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. root Definitionto twist, turn, grasp with a twisting motion NASB Translationbent forward (1), grasped (1), wind along (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs [ 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 Imperfect3masculine 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.
Strong's take hold, turn aside self A primitive root; properly, to bend, i.e. (by implication) to clasp; also (reflexively) to turn around or aside -- take hold, turn aside (self). |
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