Lexical Definition

‎תָּפַשׂ‎ tâphas (taw-fas') to capture ^H:V
a primitive root

catch, handle, (lay, take) hold (on, over), stop, [idiom] surely, surprise, take.

• to manipulate, i.e. seize
• chiefly to capture, wield, specifically, to overlay
• figuratively, to use unwarrantably

1) to catch, handle, lay hold, take hold of, seize, wield
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to lay hold of, seize, arrest, catch
1a2) to grasp (in order to) wield, wield, use skilfully
1b) (Niphal) to be seized, be arrested, be caught, be taken, captured
1c) (Piel) to catch, grasp (with the hands)

See Greek: ἅλωσις · ἀναβαίνω · ἀντέχομαι · βιάζω · διαστρέφω · ἐπιλαμβάνομαι · ἐπισπάομαι · ἐρείδω · θηρεύω · καθοπλίζω · καταλαμβάνω · κατέχω · κρατέω · λαμβάνω · ὀμνύω · παραδίδωμι · συλλαμβάνω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎תָּפַשׂ‎ verb lay hold of, wield ( = Late Hebrew ‎תָּפַשׂ‎, ‎תָּפַם‎, Aramaic ‎תְּפַשׂ‎, ‎תְּפַם‎); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎׳‎‎ת‎ 2Kgs 14:13 +, suffix consecutive ‎וּתְפָשָׂהּ‎ Deut 22:28, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יִתְפּשֹׁ‎ Isa 3:6, 1 plural ‎נִתְפְּשֵׂם‎ 2Kgs 7:12, etc.; Imperative masculine plural ‎תִּפְשׂוּ‎ 1Kgs 18:40, etc.; Infinitive absolute ‎תָּפשֹׁ‎ Jer 34:3 construct ‎תְּפשֹׁ‎ Ezek 14:5, ‎לִתְפּשֹׁ‎ Ezek 21:16*; Ezek 30:21, suffix ‎לְתָפְשָׂהּ‎ Deut 20:19, etc.; Participle ‎תֹּפֵשׂ‎ Gen 4:21 +, construct ‎תֹּפְשִׂי‎ Jer 49:16 (Ges^{«GKC:90l»§ 90l}), etc.; —

1. lay hold of, seize (with the hand), accusative of person, Gen 39:12 (J; + ‎בְּבִגְדוֺ‎), also (‎ב‎ person) Isa 3:6; Deut 21:19; Jer 37:14; Ezek 29:7 (in figurative; + ‎ב‎ instrumental); with ‎ב‎ of thing 1Kgs 11:30; Deut 9:17 arrest, catch, accusative of person 1Sam 23:26; 1Kgs 13:4; 1Kgs 18:40 (twice in verse); Jer 26:8; Jer 37:13; 2Kgs 14:13 = 2Chr 25:23; 2Kgs 25:6 = Jer 52:9; Ps 71:11 in phrase catch, capture alive (‎חַי‎), accusative of person Josh 8:28 (JE), 1Sam 15:8; 1Kgs 20:18 (twice in verse); 2Kgs 7:12; 2Kgs 10:14 (twice in verse); seize city (accusative) Josh 8:8 (JE), 2Kgs 14:7; 2Kgs 16:9; 2Kgs 18:13 = Isa 36:1; Deut 20:9; Jer 40:10 figurative Ezek 14:5 seize Israel (accusative) by (‎ב‎) their heart (terrorize them); Prov 30:9 seize (do violence to) the name (accusative) of my God; ‎תָּפוּשׂ זָהָב‎ Hab 2:19 grasped (sheathed) in gold; ‎מְרוֺם גִּבְעָה‎ ‎׳‎‎ת‎ Jer 49:16 holding (occupying) the height of the hill.

2. grasp in order to wield, wield, use skilfully : grasp sword ‎בַּכָּף‎ Ezek 21:16* (accusative omitted), compare Ezek 30:21 (‎ב‎ of sword), and especially participle: ‎תִּפֵשׂ הַקֶּשֶׁת‎ Amos 2:15, ‎תֹּפֵשׂ כִנּוֺר‎ Gen 4:21 (J), ‎מַגָּל‎ ‎׳‎‎ת‎ Jer 50:16, ‎תֹּפְשֵׂי מָגֵן‎ Jer 46:9a (strike out ‎׳‎‎ת‎ vJer 46:9b ᵐ5 Gie Co Du), ‎מָשׁוֺט‎ ‎׳‎‎ת‎ Ezek 27:29, ‎חֲרָבוֺת‎ Ezek 38:4 even ‎הַתּוֺרָה‎ ‎׳‎‎ת‎ Jer 2:8 they that handle (deal with, are expert in) the law, ‎הַמִּלְחָמָה‎ ‎׳‎‎ת‎ Num 31:27 (P) those skilled in war. — Jer 34:8 see below Niph`al Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎נִתְפַּשׂ‎ Ezek 19:4, 2 feminine singular ‎נִתְפַּשְׂתְּ‎ Jer 50:24, etc.; Imperfect 3 feminine singular ‎וַתִּתָּפֵשׂ‎ Jer 51:41, 2 masculine singular ‎תִּתָּפֵשׂ‎ Jer 34:3; Jer 38:23, etc.; Infinitive construct ‎לְהִתָּפֵשׂ‎ Ezek 21:28* — be seized, arrested, caught (sometimes || ‎נִלְכַּד‎), subject person, Jer 38:23 (‎ב‎ instrumental), Jer 50:24 (figurative of Babylonian ), also (with ‎ב‎ instrumental) Ezek 12:13; Ezek 17:20; Ezek 19:4; Ezek 19:8 (both figurative of Israel), Ezek 21:29*, and (without ‎ב‎) v.Ezek 21:28*; Num 5:13 + Infinitive absolute Qal ‎תָּפשֹׁ תִּתָּפֵשׂ‎ Jer 34:3 be seized, of fortress, city Jer 48:41 (both || ‎נִלְכַּד‎), Jer 50:46, compare Jer 51:32 figurative Ps 10:2 may they be caught in (‎ב‎) the devices which they have planned. Pi`el Imperfect 2 masculine singular ‎תְּתַפֵּשׂ‎ Prov 30:28 a lizard thou mayest grasp with the hands (‎ב‎); — or read ‎תִּתָּפֵשׂ‎ Niph`al Imperfect 3 feminine singular, see De Toy.

I. ‎תֹּ֫פֶת‎ see ‎תוף‎.

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