Lexical Definition

‎עָטַף‎ ʻâṭaph (aw-taf') to turn aside ^H:V
a primitive root

cover (over), fail, faint, feebler, hide self, be overwhelmed, swoon.

• to shroud, i.e. clothe (whether transitive or reflex.)
• hence (from the idea of darkness) to languish

1) to turn aside
1a) (Qal) to turn aside, turn (in order to cover)
2) to envelop oneself
2a) (Qal) to envelop oneself, cover
3) to be feeble, be faint, grow weak
3a) (Qal) to be feeble, be faint
3b) (Niphal) to faint
3c) (Hiphil) to show feebleness
3d) (Hithpael) to faint, faint away

See Greek: ἄσημος · ἐκλείπω · ἐκλύω · ἐξέρχομαι · περιβάλλω · πληθύνω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. [‎עָטַף‎] verb turn aside (Syriac turn, return; Arabic incline, bend); —

Qal Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יַעֲטֹף‎ turn aside (so Ew Di De Bae^Kau and others), Job 23:9 he turneth aside to the right (‎יָמִין‎; || ‎שְׂמאֹול בַּעֲשׂתוֺ‎), read probably 1 singular ‎אֶעֱטֹף‎ Me Bu Du, I turn... and do not see him ( and || ‎בִּקַּשְׁתִּו‎ ‎׳‎‎שׂ‎).

II. [‎עָטַף‎] verb envelop oneself (Aramaism) (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic ‎עֲטַף‎, ; Ethiopic covered, also noun web, texture); —

Qal Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יַעֲטָףֿ‎ Ps 73:6 3 masculine plural ‎יַעַטְפוּ‎ Ps 65:14* — envelop oneself: Ps 65:15 the valleys cover themselves with corn (|| ‎לָבַשׁ‎); ‎שִֿׁית חָמָס לָ֑מוֺ‎‎׳‎‎יַ‎ Ps 73:6 they put on for themselves (each) a garb of violence.

III. [‎עָטַף‎] verb be feeble, faint (Ba^{ES 27} compare Arabic perish, flag); —

Qal Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יַעֲטֹף‎ Ps 102:1*, ‎יַעֲטוֺף‎ Isa 57:16 Infinitive construct ‎עֲטֹף‎ Ps 61:3* Passive participle (Ges^{«GKC:50f»§ 50f}) plural ‎עֲטֻפִים‎ Gen 30:42, ‎עֲטוּפִים‎ Lam 2:19 — literally be feeble Gen 30:42 (J; opposed to ‎קְשׁוּרִים‎); ‎הָעֲטוּפִים בְּרָעָב‎ Lam 2:19 figurative ‎׳‎‎רוּחַ מִלָּפָנַי יַע‎ Isa 57:16 the spirit would faint before me (‎׳‎‎י‎); ‎בַּעֲטֹף לִבִּי‎ Ps 61:3*; Ps 101:2 (title). Niph`al Infinitive construct ‎בֵּעָטֵף עוֺלֵל‎ Lam 2:11 when infants faint (for ‎׳‎‎בְּהֵע‎; but read perhaps ‎בַּעֲטֹף‎ Qal, so Buhl). Hiph`il Infinitive construct ‎בְּהַעֲטִיף הַצּאֹן‎ Gen 30:42 when the flock shewed feebleness. Hithpa`el Imperfect 3 feminine singular ‎תִּתְעַטֵף‎ Ps 77:4*, ‎׳‎‎וַתִּת‎ Ps 143:4, ‎תִּתְעַטָ֑ף‎ Ps 107:5 Infinitive construct ‎הִתְעַטֵּף‎ Ps 142:4*; Jonah 2:8*, suffix ‎הִתְעַטְּפָם‎ Lam 2:12 — faint, faint away, Lam 2:12 (‎כֶּחָלָל‎ like the wounded); subject ‎רוּחַ‎ Ps 77:4*; Ps 142:4* (+ ‎עָלַי‎, see ‎עַל‎ II 1 d), Ps 143:4 (+ id.); subject ‎נֶפֶשׁ‎ Jonah 2:8* (+ id.), Ps 107:5 (+ ‎בָּהֶם‎).

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