טָבַע
ta.va
“to sink”
Definition
to sink
a primitive root;
- to sink, sink into, sink down, pierce, settle down, drown, be settled, be planted 1a) (Qal) to sink, sink down 1b)(Pual) to be sunk 1c) (Hophal) to cause to sink
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Grammar & Morphology
Verb
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Hebrew Verb
Occurrences
טָבַע appears 7 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Then David reached into his bag, took out a stone, and slung it, striking the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell facedown on the ground.
Pharaoh’s chariots and armyHe has cast into the sea;the finest of his officersare drowned in the Red Sea.
So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah with ropes into the cistern, which had no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.
All the women who remain in the palace of the king of Judah will be brought out to the officials of the king of Babylon, and those women will say:‘They misled you and overcame you—those trusted friends of yours.Your feet sank into the mire,and they deserted you.’
On what were its foundations set,or who laid its cornerstone,
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