Lexicon entry · Hebrew
H7503רָפָהra.phah
to slackenPart of speech: Hebrew Verb
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So he let him go. Then she said, You are a husband of blood because of the circumcision.
וַיִּ֖רֶף (יִּ֖רֶף) i.Yi.ref “he withdrew”
But see that they make the same number of bricks as before, and no less: for they have no love for work; and so they are crying out and saying, Let us go and make an offering to our God.
נִרְפִּ֣ים nir.Pim “[are] idle”
But he said, You have no love for work: that is why you say, Let us go and make an offering to the Lord.
נִרְפִּ֥ים nir.Pim “[are] idle”נִרְפִּ֑ים nir.Pim “idle”
Because the Lord your God is a God of mercy, he will not take away his help from you or let destruction overtake you, or be false to the agreement which he made by an oath with your fathers.
יַרְפְּךָ֖ (יַרְפְּ) yar.pe. “he will abandon”
Let me send destruction on them till their very name is cut off; and I will make of you a nation greater and stronger than they.
הֶ֤רֶף He.ref “refrain”
Be strong and take heart, and have no fear of them: for it is the Lord your God who is going with you; he will not take away his help from you.
יַרְפְּךָ֖ (יַרְפְּ) yar.pe. “he will abandon”
It is the Lord who goes before you; he will be with you, he will not take away his help from you or give you up: so have no fear.
יַרְפְּךָ֖ (יַרְפְּ) yar.pe. “he will abandon”
While you are living, all will give way before you: as I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will not take away my help from you or give you up.
אַרְפְּךָ֖ (אַרְפְּ) 'ar.pe. “I will abandon”
And the men of Gibeon sent to Joshua to the tent-circle at Gilgal, saying, Be not slow to send help to your servants; come up quickly to our support and keep us safe: for all the kings of the Amorites from the hill-country have come together against us.
תֶּ֥רֶף Te.ref “you let drop”
Then Joshua said to the children of Israel, Why are you so slow to go in and take up your heritage in the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, has given you?
מִתְרַפִּ֔ים mit.ra.Pim “[be] showing yourself slack”
God has given into your hands the chiefs of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; what have I been able to do in comparison with you? And when he said this, their feeling about him became kinder.
רָפְתָ֤ה ra.fe.Tah “it relaxed”
Then she said to her father, Only do this for me: let me have two months to go away into the mountains with my friends, weeping for my sad fate.
הַרְפֵּ֨ה har.Peh “refrain”
And when they got up to go away, his father-in-law, the girl's father, said to him, Now evening is coming on, so do not go tonight; see, the day is almost gone; take your rest here and let your heart be glad, and tomorrow early, go on your way back to yo
רָפָ֨ה ra.Fah “it is sinking”
Then the responsible men of Jabesh said to him, Give us seven days, so that we may send men to every part of Israel: and then, if no one comes to our help, we will come out to you.
הֶ֤רֶף He.ref “refrain”
Then Samuel said to Saul, Say no more! Let me give you word of what the Lord has said to me this night. And he said to him, Say on.
הֶ֚רֶף He.ref “be quiet”
And when Saul's son Ish-bosheth had news that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands became feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.
וַיִּרְפּ֖וּ (יִּרְפּ֖וּ) i.yir.Pu “they dropped”
And when the hand of the angel was stretched out in the direction of Jerusalem, for its destruction, the Lord had regret for the evil, and said to the angel who was sending destruction on the people, It is enough; do no more. And the angel of the Lord wa
הֶ֣רֶף He.ref “let drop”
And when she came to where the man of God was on the hill, she put her hands round his feet; and Gehazi came near with the purpose of pushing her away; but the man of God said, Let her be, for her soul is bitter in her; and the Lord has kept it secret fr
הַרְפֵּֽה־ har.peh- “refrain”
And God sent an angel to Jerusalem for its destruction: and when he was about to do so, the Lord saw, and had regret for the evil, and said to the angel of destruction, It is enough; do no more. Now the angel of the Lord was by the grain-floor of Ornan t
הֶ֣רֶף He.ref “let drop”
And David said to his son Solomon, Be strong and of a good heart and do your work; have no fear and do not be troubled, for the Lord God, my God, is with you; he will not give you up, and his face will not be turned away from you, till all the work neces
יַרְפְּךָ֙ (יַרְפְּ) yar.pe. “he will abandon”
But be you strong and let not your hands be feeble, for your work will be rewarded.
יִרְפּ֖וּ yir.Pu “they drop”
Then the people of the land made the hands of the people of Judah feeble, troubling them with fear in their building;
מְרַפִּ֖ים me.ra.Pim “[were] making slack”
And I sent men to them saying, I am doing a great work, so that it is not possible for me to come down: is the work to be stopped while I go away from it and come down to you?
אַרְפֶּ֔הָ (אַרְפֶּ֔) 'ar.Pe. “I will let drop”
For they were hoping to put fear in us, saying, Their hands will become feeble and give up the work so that it may not get done. But now, O God, make my hands strong.
יִרְפּ֧וּ yir.Pu “they will drop”
How long will it be before your eyes are turned away from me, so that I may have a minute's breathing-space?
תַ֝רְפֵּ֗נִי (תַ֝רְפֵּ֗) tar.Pe. “will you let alone?”