יָחֵף
yachef · barefoot
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H3182 · appears 5 times in the Bible
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yachef (יָחֵף) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “barefoot”.
Going barefoot was a sign of mourning or humiliation.
How to say it
ya·chef
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- With bare feet, no sandals.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- 2 Samuel 15:30
David was going up the ascent of the Olives, weeping as he went up, with his head covered, and he was walking barefoot; and all the people who were with him covered, each his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.
- Isaiah 20:2
at that time YHWH spoke through Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, “Go, and loosen the sackcloth from your loins, and take off your sandals from your feet.” And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.
- Isaiah 20:3
And YHWH said, “Just as my servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot three years, a sign and a wonder against Egypt and against Cush,
- Isaiah 20:4
so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old, naked and barefoot, with buttocks uncovered: the nakedness of Egypt.
- Jeremiah 2:25
Keep your foot from going barefoot and your throat from thirst. But you said, ‘It is hopeless! No, for I love strangers, and after them I will go.’