Lexical Definition

‎נָקַף‎ nâqaph (naw-kaf') to strike ^H:V
a primitive root

compass (about, -ing), cut down, destroy, go round (about), inclose, round.

• to strike with more or less violence (beat, fell, corrode)
• by implication (of attack) to knock together, i.e. surround or circulate

1) to strike, strike off
1a) (Piel) to strike off skin
2) to go around, compass, round
2a) (Qal) to go around
2b) (Hiphil)
2b1) to go around, surround, encompass, enclose
2b2) to make the round, complete the circuit
2b3) to make round, round off

See Greek: κυκλόω · κύκλῳ · περιβάλλω · περιέχω · περικυκλόω · συντελέω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. [‎נָקַף‎] verb strike off (Late Hebrew strike, wound, Aramaic ‎נְקַף‎ id.; Arabic fregit caput, ut cerebrum appareret; Vulgar Arabic snap with the finger (Dozy^{ii. 716}); Assyrian na‡pu probably= mutilated; Ethiopic peel, flay Di⁶⁴⁹); —

Niph`al Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎וְנִקַּף סִבְכֵי הַיַּ֫עַר‎ consecutive Isa 10:34 and the thickets of the forest shall be struck away (on singular verb compare Ges<sup>«GKC:145o»§ 145o</sup> Da<sup>Synt. § 113 b</sup>; or. read ‎נִקְּפוּ‎; — form possibly Pi`el, but compare Di Du Che^Hpt). Pi`el Perfect 3 plural ‎וְאַחַר‎ ‎עוֺרִי נִקְּפוּזֹֿאת‎ Job 19:25 after my skin, which they (Ges<sup>«GKC:144g»§ 144g</sup>) have struck off (alluding to ravages of his disease) — this! but text dubious; Bu ‎כָּזאֹת נִקַּף‎ Niph`al which has been thus struck off.

II. [‎נָקַף‎ verb] go around (intransitive), (Eccl 45:9 Hiph`il ‎ויקיפהו‎ surround something with (2 accusative); Perfect 3 feminine singular ‎הקיפה‎ 43:12 (accusative+ ‎ב‎ instrumental); Late Hebrew Hiph`il ‎הִקִּיף‎ = Biblical Hebrew; also = cling to, be attached, joined to, and so Aramaic ‎אַקֵּיף‎ (Aph`el), ); Qal Imperfect ‎חַגִּים יִנְקֹ֑פוּ‎ Isa 29:1 (figurative) let feasts go around, i.e. run the round (of the year). Hiph`il Perfect ‎הִקִּיף‎ Job 19:6 3 feminine singular ‎הִקִּ֫יפָהִ‎ Isa 15:8 3 plural ‎הִקִּ֫יפוּ‎ Job 1:5; Ps 88:18*, ‎וְהִקִּיפוּ‎ consecutive 2Chr 23:7, suffix ‎הִקִּיפוּנִי‎ Ps 22:17* 2 masculine plural ‎וְהִקַּפְתֶּם‎ consecutive 2Kgs 11:8 Imperfect ‎וַיַּקַּף‎ Lam 3:5 3 masculine plural ‎יַקִּ֫יפוּ‎ Ps 17:9, ‎וַיַּקִּ֫פוּ‎ 2Kgs 6:14 2 masculine plural ‎תַּקִּ֫פוּ‎ Lev 19:27 Imperative masculine plural suffix ‎הַקִּיפ֫וּהָ‎ Ps 48:13* Infinitive absolute ‎הַקֵּיף‎ Josh 6:3, ‎הַקֵּף‎ vJosh 6:11 Participle plural ‎מַקִּ(י)פִים‎ 1Kgs 7:24; 2Chr 4:3 —

1. go around, surround, encompass:
a. go around, with accusative of city, Josh 6:3 compare vJosh 6:11 (accusative omitted), Ps 48:13* (all || ‎סָבָב‎); also (figurative) ‎הִקִּ֫יפָה הַזְּעָקָה אֶתֿ‎ Isa 15:8 the cry hath gone about the border of Moab.
b. surround, encompass, enclose, usually with ‎׃עַלֿ‎ ‎וַיַּקִּ֫פוּ‎ ‎עַלהָֿעִיר‎ 2Kgs 6:14 and they closed in upon the city (beleaguered it); with ‎עַל‎ person 2Kgs 11:8 (+ ‎סָבִיב‎), Ps 17:9; Ps 88:18* (|| ‎סָבַב‎), + accusative of thing Job 19:6 he hath closed his net in upon me compare Lam 3:5 less often with accusative of person Ps 22:17* (|| ‎סָבַב‎), 2Chr 23:7 (|| 2Kgs 11:8 + ‎סָבִיב‎), also of inanimate things 1Kgs 7:24 = 2Chr 4:3 (both + ‎סָבִיב‎, || ‎סָבַב‎).

2. make the round, i.e. complete the circuit ‎יְמֵי הַמִּשְׁתֶּה‎ ‎׳‎‎הִקּ‎ Job 1:5 when the days of feasting had completed their circuit.

3. make round, round off (literally): ‎פְּאַת ראֹשְׁכֶם‎ ‎׳‎‎לֹא חַקּ‎ Lev 19:27 (|| ‎לֹא תַשְׁחִית אֵת פְּאַת‎ ‎זְקָנֶ֑ךָ‎), of heathen rite.

‎קוף‎ (√of following; apparently = II. ‎נקף‎, go around).

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