H2883

טָבַע

ta.vaH:V

to sink

1) to sink, sink into, sink down, pierce, settle down, drown, be settled, be planted 1a) (Qal) to sink, sink down 1b)(Pual) to be sunk 1c) (Hophal) to cause to sink

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

טָבַע verb sink, sink down (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic , טְבַע; Phoenician טבע coin; Assyrian ‰êbû, sink in, ‰abbî°u, diver (water-fowl) etc., see Muss-Arn^{JBL xi, 1892, 170} Dl^HWB; Arabic seal, stamp, imprint; Ethiopic dip) —

Qal Perfect טָבַעְתִּי Ps 69:3 טָֽבְעוּ Ps 9:16; Lam 2:9 Imperfect וַיִּטְבַּע Jer 38:6 וַתִּטְבַּע 1Sam 17:49 אֶטְבָּ֑עָה Ps 69:15 — sink, sink down, intransitive, with בְּ; 1Sam 17:49 (stone into Goliath's forehead); Jer 38:6 (Jeremiah in mire of dungeon); Lam 2:9 (gates of Jerusalem into ground); metaphor of distress; Ps 69:3 בִיוֵן מְצוּלָה׳ט; Ps 69:15 (|| הצילני מִטִּיט); nations into the pit (בַּשַּׁחַת) Ps 9:16. Pu`al Perfect טֻבְּעוּ be sunk Exod 15:4 (poem) of Egyptians drowned בְּיַםסֿוּף. Hiph`il Perfect הָטְבְּעוּ be sunk בַּבֹּץ in the mire, of feet, metaphor of entanglements and difficulties Jer 38:22 הָטְבָּ֑עוּ, of pedestals (אֲדָנִים) of the earth, as settled, planted עַל Job 38:6 (|| ירה פִּנָּה); absolute of mountains Prov 8:25.

7 occurrences

Exodus (1), I Samuel (1), Job (1), Proverbs (1), Jeremiah (2), Lamentations (1)