Lexicon pun: be distracted Original Word: פּוּןPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: pun Phonetic Spelling: (poon) Short Definition: distracted NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originanother reading for aphunah, q.v. Brown-Driver-Briggs אָפ֑וּנָה Psalm 88:16 ( ἄρ. λεγ Dl Pr 135 f. compare Assyrian appuna(ma) adv. = ma°diš, very, very much, but dubious; Thes MV form from √ פון & compare Arabic diminuit, mente diminuit (Frey), hence be confused, helpless, compare ᵐ5 ἐξηπθρήθην ᵑ9 contur-batus sum; others emend אָפוּגָה from מּוּג q. v. A verb however is not needed for parallelism). **Arabic in fact = milk (camel, etc.) dry, empty; = empty-headed man; this does not support be confused, helpless (GFM, privately). [מּוּן] verb (?); only אָפוּנָה Psalm 88:16; read probably אֶמּוֺגָה, see פוג, אָפוּנָה. מּוֺנֶה2Chron 25:23 see מִּנָּה, מּוּנִי see מּוּאָה. above
Strong's be distracted A primitive root meaning to turn, i.e. Be perplexed -- be distracted. |
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