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# תָּפַשׂ

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H8610

**lay hold of** — used 65 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

lay hold of [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8610/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

תָּפַשׂ: vb. Qal [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8610/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. lay hold of, wield (= NH תָּפַשׂ, תָּפַס, Aramaic תְּפַשׂ, תְּפַס);— Pf. 3 ms. ת׳ 2 K 14:13 +, sf. consec. וּתְפָשָׂהּ Dt 22:28, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יִתְפּשֹׁ Is 3:6, 1 pl. נִתְפְשֵׂם 2 K 7:12, etc.; Imv. mpl. תִּפְשׂוּ 1 K 18:40, etc.; Inf. abs. תָּפשֹׁ Je 34:3; cstr. תְּפשֹׁ Ez 14:5, לִתְפּשֹׁ 21:16; 30:21, sf. לְתָפְשָׂהּ Dt 20:19, etc.; Pt. תֹּפֵשׂ Gn 4:21 +, cstr. תֹּפְשִׂי Je 49:16 (Ges§ 90 1), etc.;— lay hold of, seize (with the hand), acc. pers. Gn 39:12 (J; + בְּבִגְדוֹ), ב pers. Is 3:6; Dt 21:19; 22:28; Je 37:14; Ez 29:7 (in fig.; + ב instr.); c. ב rei 1 K 11:30; Dt 9:17; arrest, catch, acc. pers. 1 S 23:26; 1 K 13:4; 18:40(×2) Je 26:8; 37:13, 2 K 14:13 = 2 Ch 25:23; 2 K 25:6 = Je 52:9, ψ 71:11; in phrase catch, capture alive (חַי), acc. pers. Jos 8:23 (JE), 1 S 15:8; 1 K 20:18(×2); 2 K 7:12; 10:14(×2); seize city (acc.) Jos 8:8 (JE), 2 K 14:7; 16:9; 18:13 = Is 36:1; Dt 20:19; Je 40:10; fig. Ez 14:5 seize Isr. (acc.) by (ב) their heart (terrorize them); Pr 30:9 seize (do violence to) the name (acc.) of my God; תָּפוּשׂ זָהָב Hb 2:19 grasped (sheathed) in gold; ת׳ מְרוֹם גִּבְעָה Je 49:16 holding (occupying) the height of the hill. grasp in order to wield, wield, use skillfully: grasp sword בַּכָּף Ez 21:16 (acc. om.), cf. 30:21 (ב of sword), and especially pt.: תֹּפֵשׂ הַקֶּשֶׁת Am 2:15, תֹּפֵשׂ כִּנּוֹר Gn 4:21 (J), ת׳ מַגָּל Je 50:16, תֹּפְשֵׂי מָגֵן 46:9a (del. ת׳ v 9 b 𝔊 Gie Co Du), ת׳ מָשׁוֹט Ez 27:29, ת׳ חֲרָבוֹת 38:4; even ת׳ הַתּוֹרָה Je 2:8 they that handle (deal with, are expert in) the law, ת׳ הַמִּלְחָמָה Nu 31:27 (P) those skilled in war.—Je 34:3 v. infr. Pf. 3 ms. נִתְפַּשׂ Ez 19:4, 2 fs. נִתְפַשְׂתְּ Je 50:24, etc.; Impf. 3 fs. וַתִּתָּפֵשׂ 51:41, 2 ms. תִּתָּפֵשׂ Je 34:3; 38:23, etc.; Inf. cstr. לְהִתָּפֵשׂ Ez 21:28;—be seized, arrested, caught (sometimes ‖ נִלְכַּד), subj. pers., Je 38:23 (ב instr.), 50:24 (fig. of Bab.), also (c. ב instr.) Ez 12:13; 17:20; 19:4, 8 (both fig. of Israel), 21:29, and (without ב) v 28 Nu 5:13; + Inf. abs. Qal תָּפשֹׁ תִּתָּפֵשׂ Je 34:3; be seized, of fortress, city Je 48:41; 51:41 (both ‖ נִלְכַּד), 50:46, cf. 51:32; fig. ψ 10:2 may they be caught in (ב) the devices which they have planned. Impf. 2 ms. תְּתַפֵּשׂ Pr 30:28 a lizard thou mayest grasp with the hands (ב);—or read תִּתָּפֵשׂ Niph. Impf. 3 fs., v. De Toy.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 60 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: he seized (6); seize (6); he (4).

## In the verses

[Proverbs 30:28](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.30.28/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.30.28/#tree)

שְׂ֭מָמִית בְּיָדַ֣יִם תְּתַפֵּ֑שׂ וְ֝הִ֗יא בְּהֵ֣יכְלֵי מֶֽלֶךְ׃פ

*Word for word:* a.lizard in two.hands you.will.grasp and it \[is\].in.\[the\] palaces of.a.king

*JPS 1917:* The spider thou canst take with the hands, yet is she in kings' palaces.

[Psalms 10:2](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.10.2/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.10.2/#tree)

בְּגַאֲוַ֣ת רָ֭שָׁע יִדְלַ֣ק עָנִ֑י יִתָּפְשׂ֓וּ ׀ בִּמְזִמּ֖וֹת ז֣וּ חָשָֽׁבוּ׃

*Word for word:* in.\[the\] pride of.\[the\].wicked he.hotly.pursues \[the\].afflicted they.are.caught by schemes which they.have.planned

*JPS 1917:* Through the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued, they are taken in the devices that they have imagined.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/8610.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8610/): 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).