יָחֵף
ya.cheph
“barefoot”
Definition
unsandalled
from an unused root meaning to take off the shoes;
- barefoot 1a) bareness, being unshod (subst)
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Grammar & Morphology
Adjective
H:A
Hebrew Adjective
Occurrences
יָחֵף appears 5 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
But David continued up the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went up. His head was covered, and he was walking barefoot. And all the people with him covered their heads and went up, weeping as they went.
the LORD had already spoken through Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, “Go, remove the sackcloth from your waist and the sandals from your feet.”And Isaiah did so, walking around naked and barefoot.
Then the LORD said, “Just as My servant Isaiah has gone naked and barefoot for three years as a sign and omen against Egypt and Cush,
so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old alike, naked and barefoot, with bared buttocks—to Egypt’s shame.
You should have kept your feet from going bareand your throat from being thirsty.But you said, ‘It is hopeless!For I love foreign gods,and I must go after them.’
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