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עָטַף

a.taph

to turn aside

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Strong’s H5848aVerb1 time in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

he turns1

In the text

Job 23:9יַעְטֹף
When He is at work in the north, I cannot behold Him; when He turns to the south, I cannot see Him.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[עָטַף] vb. turn aside;—Qal Jb 23:9

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.