Lexical Definition

‎טָבַע‎ ṭâbaʻ (taw-bah') to sink ^H:V
a primitive root

drown, fasten, settle, sink.

• to sink

1) to sink, sink into, sink down, pierce, settle down, drown, be settled, be planted
1a) (Qal) to sink, sink down
1b)(Pual) to be sunk
1c) (Hophal) to cause to sink

See Greek: καταλύω · καταπίνω · καταποντίζω · πήγνυμι

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎טָבַע‎ verb sink, sink down (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic , ‎טְבַע‎; Phoenician ‎טבע‎ coin; Assyrian ‰êbû, sink in, ‰abbî°u, diver (water-fowl) etc., see Muss-Arn^{JBL xi, 1892, 170} Dl^HWB; Arabic seal, stamp, imprint; Ethiopic dip) —

Qal Perfect ‎טָבַעְתִּי‎ Ps 69:3* ‎טָֽבְעוּ‎ Ps 9:16*; Lam 2:9 Imperfect ‎וַיִּטְבַּע‎ Jer 38:6 ‎וַתִּטְבַּע‎ 1Sam 17:49 ‎אֶטְבָּ֑עָה‎ Ps 69:15* — sink, sink down, intransitive, with ‎בְּ‎; 1Sam 17:49 (stone into Goliath's forehead); Jer 38:6 (Jeremiah in mire of dungeon); Lam 2:9 (gates of Jerusalem into ground); metaphor of distress; Ps 69:3* ‎בִיוֵן מְצוּלָה‎‎׳‎‎ט‎; Ps 69:15* (|| ‎הצילני מִטִּיט‎); nations into the pit (‎בַּשַּׁחַת‎) Ps 9:16*. Pu`al Perfect ‎טֻבְּעוּ‎ be sunk Exod 15:4 (poem) of Egyptians drowned ‎בְּיַםסֿוּף‎. Hiph`il Perfect ‎הָטְבְּעוּ‎ be sunk ‎בַּבֹּץ‎ in the mire, of feet, metaphor of entanglements and difficulties Jer 38:22 ‎הָטְבָּ֑עוּ‎, of pedestals (‎אֲדָנִים‎) of the earth, as settled, planted ‎עַל‎ Job 38:6 (|| ‎ירה פִּנָּה‎); absolute of mountains Prov 8:25.

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