הָפַךְ
ha.phakh
“to overturn”
Definition
to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert
a primitive root;
- to turn, overthrow, overturn 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to overturn, overthrow 1a2) to turn, turn about, turn over, turn around 1a3) to change, transform 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to turn oneself, turn, turn back 1b2) to change oneself 1b3) to be perverse 1b4) to be turned, be turned over, be changed, be turned against 1b5) to be reversed 1b6) to be overturned, be overthrown 1b7) to be upturned 1c) (Hithpael) 1c1) to transform oneself 1c2) to turn this way and that, turn every way 1d) (Hophal) to turn on someone
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Grammar & Morphology
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Occurrences
הָפַךְ appears 86 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun, “Just because David has sent you comforters, do you really believe he is showing respect for your father? Have not his servants come to you to explore the land, spy it out, and overthrow it?”
So I was left alone, gazing at this great vision. No strength remained in me; my face grew deathly pale, and I was powerless.
Edom’s streams will be turned to tar,and her soil to sulfur;her land will become a blazing pitch.
Terrors are turned loose against me;they drive away my dignity as by the wind,and my prosperity has passed like a cloud.
the priest shall examine him, and if the disease has covered his entire body, he is to pronounce the infected person clean. Since it has all turned white, he is clean.
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