לָפַת
lâphath · law-fath'
properly, to bend, i.e. (by implication) to clasp; also (reflexively) to turn around or aside
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to bend, i.e. (by implication) to clasp; also (reflexively) to turn around or aside
- properly, to bend, i.e. (by implication) to clasp
- also, (reflexively) to turn around or aside
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: take hold, turn aside (self).
Letters
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
authority, the one who leads › to speak, the word › the mark, the covenant sign
Authority, the one who leads that works to speak, the word of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of לָפַת above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
3 occurrences · 3 OT · 0 NT · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- took hold1 · 33%
- and turned1 · 33%
- are turned aside1 · 33%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.