לָפַת
lafat · grasp, turn aside
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H3943 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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lafat (לָפַת) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “grasp, turn aside”.
Grasp, take hold of with the arms; elsewhere, turn or twist aside.
How to say it
la·fat
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
- To wrap the arms around and hold.
- To roll over; to leave one's path.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- grasped ×1
- turn aside ×1
- turned over ×1
Where it appears
- Judges 16:29
And Samson grasped the two middle pillars on which the house rested, and he braced himself against them, one with his right hand and one with his left.
- Ruth 3:8
And it happened at midnight that the man trembled and turned over, and look, a woman was lying at his feet.
- Job 6:18
The caravans turn aside from their way; they go up into the void and perish.