Lexical Definition

‎יָפַח‎ yâphach (yaw-fakh') to breathe ^H:V
a primitive root

bewail self.

• properly, to breathe hard, i.e. (by implication) to sigh

1) to breathe, breathe hard, puff
1a) (Hithpael) to gasp for breath

See Greek: ἐκλύω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎יָפַח‎] verb breathe, puff (by-form of ‎פּוּחַ‎, q. v.; see Ba^{NB 189}; compare Talmud ‎יפח‎ breath) — only Hithpa`el Imperfect 3 feminine singular ‎תִּתְיַפֵּחַ‎ Jer 4:31 she gaspeth for breath.

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