8610. taphas
Lexical Summary
taphas: to lay hold of, wield
Original Word: תָּפַשׂ
Transliteration: taphas
Phonetic Spelling: (taw-fas')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to lay hold of, wield
Meaning: to manipulate, seize, chiefly to capture, wield, to overlay, to use unwarrantably
Strong's Concordance
catch, handle, lay, take hold on, over, stop, surely, surprise,

A primitive root; to manipulate, i.e. Seize; chiefly to capture, wield, specifically, to overlay; figuratively, to use unwarrantably -- catch, handle, (lay, take) hold (on, over), stop, X surely, surprise, take.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H8610. taphas

תָּפַשׂverb lay hold of, wield ( = Late Hebrew תָּפַם תָּפַשׂ,‎, Aramaic תְּפַם תְּפַשׂ,‎); —

Qal Perfect3masculine singular ׳ת2 Kings 14:13 +, suffix consecutive וּתְפָשָׂהּDeuteronomy 22:28, etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular יִתְמּשֹׁIsaiah 3:6, 1plural נִתְמְּשֵׂם2 Kings 7:12, etc.; Imperative masculine plural תִּפְשׂוּ1 Kings 18:40, etc.; Infinitive absolute תָּפשֹׁJeremiah 34:3; construct תְּפשֹׁEzekiel 14:5, לִתְמּשֹׁ21:16; 30:21, suffix לְתָפְשָׂהּDeuteronomy 20:19, etc.; Participle תֹּפֵשׂGenesis 4:21 +, construct תֹּפְשִׂיJeremiah 49:16 (Ges§ 90l), etc.; —

1 lay hold of, seize (with the hand), accusative of person, Genesis 39:12 (J; + בְּבִגְדוֺ‎), also (ב‎ person) Isaiah 3:6; Deuteronomy 21:19; Jeremiah 37:14; Ezekiel 29:7 (in figurative; + ב‎ instrumental); with ב‎ of thing 1 Kings 11:30; Deuteronomy 9:17; arrest, catch, accusative of person 1 Samuel 23:26; 1 Kings 13:4; 18:40 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 26:8; 37:13; 2 Kings 14:13 2 Chronicles 25:23; 2 Kings 25:6 = Jeremiah 52:9; Psalm 71:11; in phrase catch, capture alive (חַי‎), accusative of person Joshua 8:28 (JE), 1 Samuel 15:8; 1 Kings 20:18 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 7:12; 10:14 (twice in verse); seize city (accusative) Joshua 8:8 (JE), 2 Kings 14:7; 16:9; 18:13 = Isaiah 36:1; Deuteronomy 20:9; Jeremiah 40:10; figurative Ezekiel 14:5 seize Israel (accusative) by (ב‎) their heart (terrorize them); Proverbs 30:9 seize (do violence to) the name (accusative) of my God; זָהָב תָּפוּשׂHabakkuk 2:19 grasped (sheathed) in gold; ׳ת גִּבְעָה מְרוֺםJeremiah 49:16 holding (occupying) the height of the hill.

2 grasp in order to wield, wield, use skilfully : grasp sword בַּכָּףEzekiel 21:16 (accusative omitted), compare 30:21 (ב‎ of sword), and especially participle: הַקֶּשֶׁת תִּפֵשׂAmos 2:15, כִנּוֺר תֹּפֵשׂGenesis 4:21 (J), ׳ת מַגָּלJeremiah 50:16, מָגֵן תֹּפְשֵׂי46:9a (strike out ׳ת46:9b ᵐ5‎ Gie Co Du), ׳ת מָשׁוֺטEzekiel 27:29, חֲרָבוֺת38:4; even ׳ת הַתּוֺרָהJeremiah 2:8 they that handle (deal with, are expert in) the law, ׳ת הַמִּלְחָמָהNumbers 31:27 (P) those skilled in war. — Jeremiah 34:8 see below

Niph`al Perfect3masculine singular נִתְמַּשׂEzekiel 19:4, 2feminine singular נִתְמַּשְׂתְּJeremiah 50:24, etc.; Imperfect3feminine singular וַתִּתָּפֵשׂ51:41, 2masculine singular תִּתָּפֵשׂ34:3; 38:23, etc.; Infinitive construct לְהִתָּפֵשׂEzekiel 21:28; — be seized, arrested, caught (sometimes "" נִלְכַּד‎), subject person, Jeremiah 38:23 (ב‎ instrumental), 50:24 (figurative of Babylonian ), also (with ב‎ instrumental) Ezekiel 12:13; 17:20; 19:4, 8 (both figurative of Israel), 21:29, and (without ב‎) 21:28; Numbers 5:13; + Infinitive absolute

Qal תִּתָּפֵשׂ תָּפשֹׁJeremiah 34:3; be seized, of fortress, city 48:41 (both "" נִלְכַּד‎), 50:46, compare 51:32; figurative Psalm 10:2 may they be caught in (ב‎) the devices which they have planned.

Pi`el Imperfect2masculine singular תְּתַמֵּשׂProverbs 30:28 a lizard thou mayest grasp with the hands (ב‎); — or read תִּתָּפֵשׂ‎ Niph`al Imperfect 3 feminine singular, see De Toy.

I. תֹּ֫פֶת‎ see תוף‎.








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