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# תָּקֵף

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H8630

**prevail over** — used 3 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

prevail over [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8630/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

תָּקֵף: vb. prevail over, overpower [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8630/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. prevail over, overpower (late; NH id.; Aramaism; Aramaic תְּקֵיף, ܬܩܶܦ be strong; Nab. תקף authority; cf.NöZMG xlvii (1893), 102; Sab. תקף overpower SabDenkmNo. 9, 1, 13; Arabic ثَقِفَ attain to, overtake, overpower);— Impf.: 3 ms. sf. יִתְקְפוֹ Ec 4:12 (Ges§ 60 d) if one overpower him, so 3 fs. sf. תִּתְקְפֵ֫הוּ Jb 14:20; 3 fs. sf. id. 15:24. תְּקוּפָה v. sub קוף (p. 880).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: it (1); someone (1); you (1).

## In the verses

[Job 14:20](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.14.20/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.14.20/#tree)

תִּתְקְפֵ֣הוּ לָ֭נֶצַח וַֽיַּהֲלֹ֑ךְ מְשַׁנֶּ֥ה פָ֝נָ֗יו וַֽתְּשַׁלְּחֵֽהוּ׃

*Word for word:* you overpower.him to perpetuity and he.went \[you.are\].changing face his and you sent.him.away

*JPS 1917:* Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth; Thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.

[Job 15:24](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.15.24/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.15.24/#tree)

יְֽ֭בַעֲתֻהוּ צַ֣ר וּמְצוּקָ֑ה תִּ֝תְקְפֵ֗הוּ כְּמֶ֤לֶךְ ׀ עָתִ֬יד לַכִּידֽוֹר׃

*Word for word:* they terrify.him distress and trouble it overpowers.him like a.king ready for (the) battle

*JPS 1917:* Distress and anguish overwhelm him; they prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8630/): 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).