BDB5994 [H5848]

III. [עָטַף] verb be feeble, faint (BaES 27 compare Arabic perish, flag); —

Qal Imperfect 3 masculine singular יַעֲטֹף Ps 102:1, יַעֲטוֺף Isa 57:16 Infinitive construct עֲטֹף Ps 61:3 Passive participle (Ges«GKC:50f»§ 50f) plural עֲטֻפִים Gen 30:42, עֲטוּפִים Lam 2:19 — literally be feeble Gen 30:42 (J; opposed to קְשׁוּרִים); הָעֲטוּפִים בְּרָעָב Lam 2:19 figurative ׳רוּחַ מִלָּפָנַי יַע Isa 57:16 the spirit would faint before me (׳י); בַּעֲטֹף לִבִּי Ps 61:3; Ps 101:2 (title). Niph`al Infinitive construct בֵּעָטֵף עוֺלֵל Lam 2:11 when infants faint (for ׳בְּהֵע; but read perhaps בַּעֲטֹף Qal, so Buhl). Hiph`il Infinitive construct בְּהַעֲטִיף הַצּאֹן Gen 30:42 when the flock shewed feebleness. Hithpa`el Imperfect 3 feminine singular תִּתְעַטֵף Ps 77:4, ׳וַתִּת Ps 143:4, תִּתְעַטָ֑ף Ps 107:5 Infinitive construct הִתְעַטֵּף Ps 142:4; Jonah 2:8, suffix הִתְעַטְּפָם Lam 2:12faint, faint away, Lam 2:12 (כֶּחָלָל like the wounded); subject רוּחַ Ps 77:4; Ps 142:4 (+ עָלַי, see עַל II 1 d), Ps 143:4 (+ id.); subject נֶפֶשׁ Jonah 2:8 (+ id.), Ps 107:5 (+ בָּהֶם).


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