Hebrew verb · H5848
עָטַף
ataphaw-taf'
to turn aside; to envelope; to enfeeble
15 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʻâṭaph
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H5848is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 39Old Testament books
- 15spellings
- 3meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H5848
to shroud, i.e. clothe (whether transitive or reflex.); hence (from the idea of darkness) to languish
The King James renders it: cover (over), fail, faint, feebler, hide self, be overwhelmed, swoon.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
ataph is rendered "to turn aside; to envelope; to enfeeble". It stands 15 times in the Hebrew text, across six books.
- Seven of the uses stand in Psalms, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists three meanings for it, beginning with "to turn aside".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 30:42But 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.
- The Greek text spells it fifteen different ways.
The first use
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.
Genesis 30:42וּבְהַעֲטִ֥יף
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The word carries three meanings: to turn aside, and to envelope, and to enfeeble.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to turn asideStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereGenesis 30:42But if the animals were weak, he did not set out the branches… |
| to envelopeStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
| to enfeebleStrong's entry C | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- and it has fainted away1
- and when was feeble1
- because faint1
- for it may faint away1
- he turns1
- it covers1
- it was fainting away1
- it will grow faint1
- the enfeebled ones1
- the ones enfeebled1
- they cover themselves1
- when faint away they1
and 3 more, 15 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| עָטַר | atar | to surround | Uses7 |
All 15, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
15 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- בְּהִתְעַטֵּ֬ף1
- בְּהִתְעַטֵּ֤ף1
- בְּהִֽתְעַטְּפָ֤ם1
- בֵּֽעָטֵ֤ף1
- בַּעֲטֹ֣ף1
- הָעֲטוּפִ֥ים1
- הָעֲטֻפִים֙1
- וּבְהַעֲטִ֥יף1
- וְתִתְעַטֵּ֖ף1
- וַתִּתְעַטֵּ֣ף1
- יַֽעֲט֔וֹף1
- יַעְטֹ֥ף1
and 3 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular3HVqi3ms
- preposition + verb · reflexive (hithpael), infinitive (“to…”)2HR/Vtcc
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)1HC/R/Vhcc
- HC/Vtu3fs1HC/Vtu3fs
- Hc/Vtw3fs1Hc/Vtw3fs
- preposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)1HR/VNcc
- preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)1HR/Vqcc
- preposition + verb · reflexive (hithpael), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1HR/Vtcc/Sp3mp
- the definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine plural1HTd/Aampa
- the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine plural1HTd/Vqsmpa
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural1HVqi3mp
- verb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singular1HVti3fs
Genesis
two uses
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.
- וּבְהַעֲטִ֥יףuvehaatifconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: and when was feeble
- הָעֲטֻפִים֙haatufimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the enfeebled ones
Job
one use
When He is at work in the north, I cannot behold Him; when He turns to the south, I cannot see Him.
- יַעְטֹ֥ףya'tofverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he turns
Psalms
seven uses
From the ends of the earth I call out to You whenever my heart is faint. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
- בַּעֲטֹ֣ףbaatofpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: when grows faint
The pastures are clothed with flocks, and the valleys are decked with grain. They shout in triumph; indeed, they sing.
- יַֽעַטְפוּ־yaatfu-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they cover themselves
Therefore pride is their necklace; a garment of violence covers them.
- יַעֲטָף־yaatafo-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it covers
I remembered You, O God, and I groaned; I mused and my spirit grew faint. Selah
- וְתִתְעַטֵּ֖ףvetitatefHC/Vtu3fstagged: for it may faint away
They were hungry and thirsty; their soul fainted within them.
- תִּתְעַטָּֽף׃titatafverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it was fainting away
Although my spirit grows faint within me, You know my way. Along the path I travel they have hidden a snare for me.
- בְּהִתְעַטֵּ֬ףbehitatefpreposition + verb · reflexive (hithpael), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: when faints away
My spirit grows faint within me; my heart is dismayed inside me.
- וַתִּתְעַטֵּ֣ףvatitatefHc/Vtw3fstagged: and it has fainted away
Isaiah
one use
For I will not accuse you forever, nor will I always be angry; for then the spirit of man would grow weak before Me, with the breath of those I have made.
- יַֽעֲט֔וֹףyaatofverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will grow faint
Lamentations
three uses
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.
- בֵּֽעָטֵ֤ףbeatefpreposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: because faint
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.
- בְּהִֽתְעַטְּפָ֤םbehitatefampreposition + verb · reflexive (hithpael), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: when faint away they
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.
- הָעֲטוּפִ֥יםhaatufimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine pluraltagged: the ones enfeebled
Jonah
one use
As my life was fading away, I remembered the LORD. My prayer went up to You, to Your holy temple.
- בְּהִתְעַטֵּ֤ףbehitatefpreposition + verb · reflexive (hithpael), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: when fainted away
The letters
Gematria 159· 879 mispar gadol
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.