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H7503רָפָהra.phah

to slackenPart of speech: Hebrew Verb

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Occurrences by book

  1. Genesis: 0
  2. 4
  3. Leviticus: 0
  4. Numbers: 0
  5. 4
  6. 3
  7. 3
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 2
  10. 2
  11. 1 Kings: 0
  12. 1
  13. 2
  14. 1
  15. 1
  16. 2
  17. Esther: 0
  18. 3
  19. 3
  20. 3
  21. Ecclesiastes: 0
  22. 1
  23. 2
  24. 4
  25. Lamentations: 0
  26. 4
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. Hosea: 0
  29. Joel: 0
  30. Amos: 0
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. Micah: 0
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. 1
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. Zechariah: 0
  39. Malachi: 0

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46 occurrences in 45 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. Job 12:21

    He poureth contempt upon princes, and looseth the belt of the strong.

    רִפָּֽה׃ ri.Pah “he loosens”

  2. Job 27:6

    My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go; my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.

    אַרְפֶּ֑הָ (אַרְפֶּ֑) 'ar.Pe. “I will let go”

  3. Psalms 37:8

    Cease from anger, and forsake wrath; fret not thyself, it tendeth only to evil-doing.

    הֶ֣רֶף He.ref “refrain”

  4. Psalms 46:11

    'Let be, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.'

    הַרְפּ֣וּ har.Pu “be quiet”

  5. Psalms 138:8

    The LORD will accomplish that which concerneth me; Thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever; forsake not the work of Thine own hands.

    תֶּֽרֶף׃ Te.ref “you abandon”

  6. Proverbs 4:13

    Take fast hold of instruction, let her not go; keep her, for she is thy life.

    תֶּ֑רֶף Te.ref “you let go”

  7. Proverbs 18:9

    Even one that is slack in his work is brother to him that is a destroyer.

    מִתְרַפֶּ֣ה mit.ra.Peh “[one who] shows himself idle”

  8. Proverbs 24:10

    If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small indeed.

    הִ֭תְרַפִּיתָ Hit.ra.pi.ta “you have shown yourself without courage”

  9. Song of Songs 3:4

    Scarce had I passed from them, when I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.

    אַרְפֶּ֔נּוּ (אַרְפֶּ֔) 'ar.Pe. “I let go”

  10. Isaiah 5:24

    Therefore as the tongue of fire devoureth the stubble, and as the chaff is consumed in the flame, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust; because they have rejected the law of the LORD of hosts, and contemned the word

    יִרְפֶּ֔ה yir.Peh “it sinks down”

  11. Isaiah 13:7

    Therefore shall all hands be slack, and every heart of man shall melt.

    תִּרְפֶּ֑ינָה tir.Pei.nah “they will drop”

  12. Jeremiah 6:24

    'We have heard the fame thereof, our hands wax feeble, anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.'

    רָפ֣וּ ra.Fu “they hung limp”

  13. Jeremiah 38:4

    Then the princes said unto the king: 'Let this man, we pray thee, be put to death; forasmuch as he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them; for this man seeketh not

    מְרַפֵּ֡א me.ra.Pe' “[is] making drop”

  14. Jeremiah 49:24

    Damascus is waxed feeble, she turneth herself to flee, and trembling hath seized on her; anguish and pangs have taken hold of her, as of a woman in travail.

    רָפְתָ֥ה ra.fe.Tah “it will be disheartened”

  15. Jeremiah 50:43

    The king of Babylon hath heard the fame of them, and his hands wax feeble; anguish hath taken hold of him, and pain, as of a woman in travail.

    וְרָפ֣וּ (רָפ֣וּ) ra.Fu “they hung limp”

  16. Ezekiel 1:24

    And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings like the noise of great waters, like the voice of the Almighty, a noise of tumult like the noise of a host; when they stood, they let down their wings.

    תְּרַפֶּ֥ינָה te.ra.Pei.nah “they let drop”

  17. Ezekiel 1:25

    For, when there was a voice above the firmament that was over their heads, as they stood, they let down their wings.

    תְּרַפֶּ֥ינָה te.ra.Pei.nah “they let drop”

  18. Ezekiel 7:17

    All hands shall be slack, and all knees shall drip with water.

    תִּרְפֶּ֑ינָה tir.Pei.nah “they will drop”

  19. Ezekiel 21:12

    And it shall be, when they say unto thee: Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt say: Because of the tidings, for it cometh; and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be slack, and every spirit shall be faint, and all knees shall drip with

    וְרָפ֨וּ (רָפ֨וּ) ra.Fu “they will hang limp”

  20. Zephaniah 3:16

    In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem: 'Fear thou not; O Zion, let not thy hands be slack.

    יִרְפּ֥וּ yir.Pu “they drop”