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# עָרַף

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6202

**break the neck** — used 6 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

break the neck [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6202/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

עָרַף: vb. denom. break the neck of an animal [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6202/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. denom. break the neck of an animal;— Pf. 2 ms. sf. וַעֲרַפְתּוֹ consec. Ex 13:13; 34:20 (JE), 3 pl. וְעָֽרְפוּ־שָׁם אֶת־הָעֶגְלָה consec. Dt 21:4; Pt. act. עוֹרֵף כֶּלֶב Is 66:3; pass. הָעֲרוּפָה הָעֶגְלָה Dt 21:6; Impf. 3 ms. יַעֲרֹף Ho 10:2 fig. of breaking down altars.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (4 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: you (2); \[one who\] breaks the neck of (1); he will break (1).

## In the verses

[Hosea 10:2](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.10.2/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.10.2/#tree)

חָלַ֥ק לִבָּ֖ם עַתָּ֣ה יֶאְשָׁ֑מוּ ה֚וּא יַעֲרֹ֣ף מִזְבְּחוֹתָ֔ם יְשֹׁדֵ֖ד מַצֵּבוֹתָֽם׃

*Word for word:* it.is.smooth heart their now they.will.be.held.guilty he he.will.break altars their he.will.destroy pillars their.sacred

*JPS 1917:* Their heart is divided; now shall they bear their guilt; He will break down their altars, He will spoil their pillars.

[Exodus 13:13](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.13.13/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.13.13/#tree)

וְכָל־פֶּ֤טֶר חֲמֹר֙ תִּפְדֶּ֣ה בְשֶׂ֔ה וְאִם־לֹ֥א תִפְדֶּ֖ה וַעֲרַפְתּ֑וֹ וְכֹ֨ל בְּכ֥וֹר אָדָ֛ם בְּבָנֶ֖יךָ תִּפְדֶּֽה׃

*Word for word:* and every firstborn of.a.donkey you.will.redeem with a.sheep and if not you.will.redeem.\[it\] and you will.break.its.neck and every firstborn of.humankind among sons your you.will.redeem

*JPS 1917:* And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break its neck; and all the first-born of man among thy sons shalt thou redeem.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6202/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).