H5848 עָטַף (ʻâṭaph) aw-taf'

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

to shroud, i.e. clothe (whether transitive or reflex.); hence (from the idea of darkness) to languish

Derivation: a primitive root;

KJV Usage: cover (over), fail, faint, feebler, hide self, be overwhelmed, swoon.

TWOT Reference: 1605,1606,1607

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) to turn aside

1a) (Qal) to turn aside, turn (in order to cover)

2) to envelop oneself

2a) (Qal) to envelop oneself, cover

3) to be feeble, be faint, grow weak

3a) (Qal) to be feeble, be faint

3b) (Niphal) to faint

3c) (Hiphil) to show feebleness

3d) (Hithpael) to faint, faint away

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G767 G1587 G1590 G1831 G4016 G4129

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

עָטַף (a.taph) — to turn aside. 1) to turn aside 1a) (Qal) to turn aside, turn (in order to cover)

עָטַף (a.taph) — to envelope. 1) to envelop oneself 1a) (Qal) to envelop oneself, cover

עָטַף (a.taph) — to enfeeble. 1) to be feeble, be faint, grow weak 1a) (Qal) to be feeble, be faint 1b) (Niphal) to faint 1c) (Hiphil) to show feebleness 1d) (Hithpael) to faint, faint away

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

עָטוּף (H5848d)

adj · עטף

Weak | ≈ קשׁר

weak, feeble = state in which humans or animals lack physical strength; ◄ sometimes caused by hunger and thirst

GEN 30:42 · LAM 2:19

Reinier de Blois

עטף (H5848a · H5848b · H5848c)

verb · עֲטַלֵּף

Move | verb qal

to turn = to turn around to face a different direction

JOB 23:9

verb · מַעֲטֶפֶת

Cover | verb qal | ≈ לבשׁ

to be covered with literally: to be clothed; hence: = state in which an area is completely covered with objects ◄ as clothing covers the human body

PSA 65:14

Engage

to clothe oneself (with an activity) > to be fully engaged (with an activity) literally: to be covered (with an activity); hence: = state in which humans are totally engaged in a certain activity, ◄ as if it covers them physically

PSA 73:6

verb · עָטוּף

Weak | verb hif | ≈ קשׁר

to be weak, to be feeble = state in which animals lack physical strengh

GEN 30:42

Weak | verb nif, verb hit | ≈ שׁפך

to faint, to languish = state in which humans are totally without physical strength and on the brink of death; ◄ caused by hunger and thirst and/or other physical suffering

PSA 107:5 · LAM 2:11 · LAM 2:12 · JON 2:8

Afraid | verb qal, verb hit | ≈ שׁמם

to faint, to despair = state in which humans are totally without inner strength; ◄ caused by physical or non-physical suffering

PSA 61:3 · PSA 77:4 · PSA 102:1 · PSA 142:4 · PSA 143:4 · ISA 57:16

¹ JOB 23:9 MT HOTTP-B NIV | RSV NJB NRSV REB אעטף ² ISA 57:16 The RSV and GNT have interpreted this verse differently. The expression כִּי רוּחַ מִלְּפָנַי יַעֲטֹוף is translated by RSV as "for from me proceeds the spirit" and by GNT as "I gave my people life".

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[עָטַף] vb. turn aside;—Qal Jb 23:9 ref

[עָטַף] vb. envelop oneself (Aramaism) base

[עָטַף] vb. be feeble, faint Qal lit. be feeble

Niph. when infants faint

Hiph. when the flock shewed feebleness

Hithp. faint, faint away

base

Bible Occurrences (15)

30:42

23:9

61:2 65:13 73:6 77:3 102:1 107:5 142:3 143:4

57:16

2:11 2:12 2:19

2:7

Genesis 30:42

But if the animals were weak, he did not set out the branches. So the weaker animals went to Laban and the stronger ones to Jacob.

Job 23:9

When He is at work in the north, I cannot behold [Him]; when He turns to the south, I cannot see [Him].

Isaiah 57:16

For I will not accuse you forever..., nor will I always be angry; for then the spirit [of man] would grow weak before Me— the breath of life I have made.

Lamentations 2:11

My eyes fail from weeping; I am churning within. My heart is poured out in grief over the destruction of the daughter of my people, because children and infants faint in the streets of the city.

Lamentations 2:12

They cry out to their mothers: Where is the grain and wine? as they faint like the wounded in the streets of the city, as their lives fade away in the arms of their mothers.

Lamentations 2:19

Arise, cry out in the night from the first watch of the night. Pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to Him for the lives of your children who are fainting from hunger on the corner of every street.

Jonah 2:7

As my life was fading away..., I remembered the LORD. My prayer went up to You, to Your holy temple.