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לָפַת — Brown–Driver–Briggs | Berean Institutes

Brown–Driver–Briggs: לָפַת

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לָפַת

lāpat

twist

[לָפַת] vb. twist, turn, grasp with a twisting motion

Qal Samson grasped the two middle columns.

Niph. the man started up and twisted himself; the paths of their way [i.e. of the streams] turn aside

Brown–Driver–Briggs — CC-BY-4.0

Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) Hebrew Lexicon, openscriptures/HebrewLexicon, CC BY 4.0. Curated by Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project.