Lexical Definition

‎אָכַף‎ ʼâkaph (aw-kaf') to crave ^H:V
a primitive root; apparently meaning to curve (as with a burden)

crave.

• to urge

1) press, urge, bend
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to crave

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אָכַף‎ verb press, urge (Mishna id., Aramaic be urgent, compare , Arabic saddle); —

Qal Perfect Prov 16:26 ‎עָלָיו פִּ֑יהוּ‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ (|| ‎נֶפֶשׁ עָמֵל עָֽמְלָה לוֺ‎) i.e. his hunger impels him to work.

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