עָטַף
a.taph
“to turn aside”
Definition
to shroud, i.e. clothe (whether transitive or reflex.); hence (from the idea of darkness) to languish
a primitive root;
- to turn aside 1a) (Qal) to turn aside, turn (in order to cover)
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Occurrences
עָטַף appears 9 times in the Old Testament.
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Key Passages
But if the animals were weak, he did not set out the branches. So the weaker animals went to Laban and the stronger ones to Jacob.
For I will not accuse you forever,nor will I always be angry;for then the spirit of man would grow weak before Me,with the breath of those I have made.
When He is at work in the north, I cannot behold Him;when He turns to the south, I cannot see Him.
My eyes fail from weeping;I am churning within.My heart is poured out in griefover the destruction of the daughter of my people,because children and infants faintin the streets of the city.
They cry out to their mothers:“Where is the grain and wine?”as they faint like the woundedin the streets of the city,as their lives fade awayin the arms of their mothers.
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