נָקַף
na.qaph
“to strike”
Definition
to strike with more or less violence (beat, fell, corrode); by implication (of attack) to knock together, i.e. surround or circulate
a primitive root;
- to strike, strike off 1a) (Piel) to strike off skin Aramaic equivalent: ne.qash (*נְקַשׁ *"to knock" H5368)
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Occurrences
נָקַף appears 16 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Below the rim, ornamental buds encircled it, ten per cubit all the way around the Sea, cast in two rows as a part of the Sea.
You must surround the king with weapons in hand, and anyone who approaches the ranks must be put to death. You must stay close to the king wherever he goes.”
For their outcry echoes to the border of Moab.Their wailing reaches Eglaim;it is heard in Beer-elim.
then understand that it is God who has wronged meand drawn His net around me.
So he had the ark of the LORD carried around the city, circling it once. And the people returned to the camp and spent the night there.
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