Strong’s
H3943Verb3 times in the Hebrew BibleWhere it occurs
Translated as
In the text
- Judges 16:29וַיִּלְפֹּת
And Samson reached out for the two central pillars supporting the temple. Bracing himself against them with his right hand on one pillar and his left hand on the other,
- Ruth 3:8וַיִּלָּפֵת
At midnight, Boaz was startled, turned over, and there lying at his feet was a woman!
- Job 6:18יִלָּפְתוּ
Caravans turn aside from their routes; they go into the wasteland and perish.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
[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
Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.