רָפָה

So the LORD let him alone. (When she said, “bridegroom of blood,” she was referring to the circumcision.)

Exodus 4:26

• וַיִּ֖רֶףvaiyirefHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he withdrew

But require of them the same quota of bricks as before; do not reduce it. For they are lazy; that is why they are crying out, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’

Exodus 5:8

• נִרְפִּ֣יםnirpimverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: idle

“You are slackers!” Pharaoh replied. “Slackers! That is why you keep saying, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to the LORD.’

Exodus 5:17

• נִרְפִּ֥יםnirpimverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: idle
• נִרְפִּ֑יםnirpimverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: idle

For the LORD your God is a merciful God; He will not abandon you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers, which He swore to them by oath.

Deuteronomy 4:31

• יַרְפְּךָ֖yarpekhaverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: he will abandon you

Leave Me alone, so that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven. Then I will make you into a nation mightier and greater than they are.”

Deuteronomy 9:14

• הֶ֤רֶףherefverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: refrain

Be strong and courageous; do not be afraid or terrified of them, for it is the LORD your God who goes with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you.”

Deuteronomy 31:6

• יַרְפְּךָ֖yarpekhaverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: he will abandon you

The LORD Himself goes before you; He will be with you. He will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid or discouraged.”

Deuteronomy 31:8

• יַרְפְּךָ֖yarpekhaverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: he will abandon you

No one shall stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so will I be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.

Joshua 1:5

• אַרְפְּךָ֖ʾarpekhaverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: I will abandon you

Then the men of Gibeon sent word to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal: “Do not abandon your servants. Come quickly and save us! Help us, because all the kings of the Amorites from the hill country have joined forces against us.”

Joshua 10:6

• תֶּ֥רֶףterefverb · causative (hiphil), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you let drop

So Joshua said to the Israelites, “How long will you put off entering and possessing the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you?

Joshua 18:3

• מִתְרַפִּ֔יםmitrapimverb · reflexive (hithpael), participle · masculine pluraltagged: showing yourself slack

God has delivered Oreb and Zeeb, the two princes of Midian, into your hand. What was I able to do compared to you?” When he had said this, their anger against him subsided.

Judges 8:3

• רָפְתָ֤הrafetahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it relaxed

She also said to her father, “Let me do this one thing: Let me wander for two months through the mountains with my friends and mourn my virginity.”

Judges 11:37

• הַרְפֵּ֨הharpehverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: refrain

When the man got up to depart with his concubine and his servant, his father-in-law, the girl’s father, said to him, “Look, the day is drawing to a close. Please spend the night. See, the day is almost over. Spend the night here, that your heart may be merry. Then you can get up early tomorrow for your journey home.”

Judges 19:9

• רָפָ֨הrafahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it is sinking

“Hold off for seven days,” replied the elders of Jabesh, “and let us send messengers throughout Israel. If there is no one to save us, we will surrender to you.”

1 Samuel 11:3

• הֶ֤רֶףherefverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: refrain

“Stop!” exclaimed Samuel. “Let me tell you what the LORD said to me last night.” “Tell me,” Saul replied.

1 Samuel 15:16

• הֶ֚רֶףherefverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: be quiet

Now when Ish-bosheth son of Saul heard that Abner had died in Hebron, he lost courage, and all Israel was dismayed.

2 Samuel 4:1

• וַיִּרְפּ֖וּvaiyirpuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they dropped

But when the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the LORD relented from the calamity and said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

2 Samuel 24:16

• הֶ֣רֶףherefverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: let drop

When she reached the man of God at the mountain, she clung to his feet. Gehazi came over to push her away, but the man of God said, “Leave her alone, for her soul is in deep distress, and the LORD has hidden it from me and has not told me.”

2 Kings 4:27

• הַרְפֵּֽה־harpeh-verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: refrain

Then God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem, but as the angel was doing so, the LORD saw it and relented from the calamity, and He said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

1 Chronicles 21:15

• הֶ֣רֶףherefverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: let drop

David also said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and courageous, and do it. Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD God, my God, is with you. He will neither fail you nor forsake you before all the work for the service of the house of the LORD is finished.

1 Chronicles 28:20

• יַרְפְּךָ֙yarpekhaverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: he will abandon you

But as for you, be strong; do not be discouraged, for your work will be rewarded.”

2 Chronicles 15:7

• יִרְפּ֖וּyirpuverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they drop

Then the people of the land set out to discourage the people of Judah and make them afraid to build.

Ezra 4:4

• מְרַפִּ֖יםmerapimverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine pluraltagged: making slack

So I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work and cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it to go down to you?”

Nehemiah 6:3

• אַרְפֶּ֔הָʾarpehaverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: I will let drop it

For they were all trying to frighten us, saying, “Their hands will be weakened in the work, and it will never be finished.” But now, my God, strengthen my hands.

Nehemiah 6:9

• יִרְפּ֧וּyirpuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will drop

Will You never look away from me, or leave me alone to swallow my spittle?

Job 7:19

• תַ֝רְפֵּ֗נִיtarpeniverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: will you let alone? me

He pours out contempt on nobles and disarms the mighty.

Job 12:21

• רִפָּֽה׃ripahverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he loosens

I will cling to my righteousness and never let go. As long as I live, my conscience will not accuse me.

Job 27:6

• אַרְפֶּ֑הָʾarpehaverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: I will let go it

Refrain from anger and abandon wrath; do not fret—it can only bring harm.

Psalms 37:8

• הֶ֣רֶףherefverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: refrain

“Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted over the earth.”

Psalms 46:10

• הַרְפּ֣וּharpuverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: be quiet

The LORD will fulfill His purpose for me. O LORD, Your loving devotion endures forever— do not abandon the works of Your hands.

Psalms 138:8

• תֶּֽרֶף׃terefverb · causative (hiphil), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you abandon

Hold on to instruction; do not let go. Guard it, for it is your life.

Proverbs 4:13

• תֶּ֑רֶףterefverb · causative (hiphil), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you let go

Whoever is slothful in his work is brother to him who destroys.

Proverbs 18:9

• מִתְרַפֶּ֣הmitrapehverb · reflexive (hithpael), participle · masculine singulartagged: shows himself idle

If you faint in the day of distress, how small is your strength!

Proverbs 24:10

• הִ֭תְרַפִּיתָhitrapitaverb · reflexive (hithpael), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you have shown yourself without courage

I had just passed them when I found the one I love. I held him and would not let go until I had brought him to my mother’s house, to the chamber of the one who conceived me.

Song of Solomon 3:4

• אַרְפֶּ֔נּוּʾarpenuverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: I let go him

Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes the straw, and as dry grass shrivels in the flame, so their roots will decay and their blossoms will blow away like dust; for they have rejected the instruction of the LORD of Hosts and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 5:24

• יִרְפֶּ֔הyirpehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it sinks down

Therefore all hands will fall limp, and every man’s heart will melt.

Isaiah 13:7

• תִּרְפֶּ֑ינָהtirpeinahverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine pluraltagged: they will drop

We have heard the report; our hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped us, pain like that of a woman in labor.

Jeremiah 6:24

• רָפ֣וּrafuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they hung limp

Then the officials said to the king, “This man ought to die, for he is discouraging the warriors who remain in this city, as well as all the people, by speaking such words to them; this man is not seeking the well-being of these people, but their ruin.”

Jeremiah 38:4

• מְרַפֵּ֡אmerape'verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singulartagged: making drop

Damascus has become feeble; she has turned to flee. Panic has gripped her; anguish and pain have seized her like a woman in labor.

Jeremiah 49:24

• רָפְתָ֥הrafetahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will be disheartened

The king of Babylon has heard the report, and his hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped him, pain like that of a woman in labor.

Jeremiah 50:43

• וְרָפ֣וּverafuHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they hung limp

When the creatures moved, I heard the sound of their wings like the roar of many waters, like the voice of the Almighty, like the tumult of an army. When they stood still, they lowered their wings.

Ezekiel 1:24

• תְּרַפֶּ֥ינָהterapeinahverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine pluraltagged: they let drop

And there came a voice from above the expanse over their heads as they stood still with their wings lowered.

Ezekiel 1:25

• תְּרַפֶּ֥ינָהterapeinahverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine pluraltagged: they let drop

Every hand will go limp, and every knee will turn to water.

Ezekiel 7:17

• תִּרְפֶּ֑ינָהtirpeinahverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine pluraltagged: they will drop

And when they ask, ‘Why are you groaning?’ you are to say, ‘Because of the news that is coming. Every heart will melt, and every hand will go limp. Every spirit will faint, and every knee will turn to water.’ Yes, it is coming and it will surely happen, declares the Lord GOD.”

Ezekiel 21:7

• וְרָפ֨וּverafuHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they will hang limp

On that day they will say to Jerusalem: “Do not fear, O Zion; do not let your hands fall limp.

Zephaniah 3:16

• יִרְפּ֥וּyirpuverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they drop