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H5362A

נָקַף

na.qaphH:V

to strike

1) to strike, strike off 1a) (Piel) to strike off skin Aramaic equivalent: ne.qash (נְקַשׁ "to knock" H5368)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

I. [נָקַף] verb strike off (Late Hebrew strike, wound, Aramaic נְקַף id.; Arabic fregit caput, ut cerebrum appareret; Vulgar Arabic snap with the finger (Dozyii. 716); Assyrian na‡pu probably= mutilated; Ethiopic peel, flay Di649); —

Niph`al Perfect 3 masculine singular וְנִקַּף סִבְכֵי הַיַּ֫עַר consecutive Isa 10:34 and the thickets of the forest shall be struck away (on singular verb compare Ges«GKC:145o»§ 145o DaSynt. § 113 b; or. read נִקְּפוּ; — form possibly Pi`el, but compare Di Du CheHpt). Pi`el Perfect 3 plural וְאַחַר עוֺרִי נִקְּפוּזֹֿאת Job 19:25 after my skin, which they (Ges«GKC:144g»§ 144g) have struck off (alluding to ravages of his disease) — this! but text dubious; Bu כָּזאֹת נִקַּף Niph`al which has been thus struck off.

II. [נָקַף verb] go around (intransitive), (Eccl 45:9 Hiph`il ויקיפהו surround something with (2 accusative); Perfect 3 feminine singular הקיפה 43:12 (accusative+ ב instrumental); Late Hebrew Hiph`il הִקִּיף = Biblical Hebrew; also = cling to, be attached, joined to, and so Aramaic אַקֵּיף (Aph`el), ); Qal Imperfect חַגִּים יִנְקֹ֑פוּ Isa 29:1 (figurative) let feasts go around, i.e. run the round (of the year). Hiph`il Perfect הִקִּיף Job 19:6 3 feminine singular הִקִּ֫יפָהִ Isa 15:8 3 plural הִקִּ֫יפוּ Job 1:5; Ps 88:18, וְהִקִּיפוּ consecutive 2Chr 23:7, suffix הִקִּיפוּנִי Ps 22:17 2 masculine plural וְהִקַּפְתֶּם consecutive 2Kgs 11:8 Imperfect וַיַּקַּף Lam 3:5 3 masculine plural יַקִּ֫יפוּ Ps 17:9, וַיַּקִּ֫פוּ 2Kgs 6:14 2 masculine plural תַּקִּ֫פוּ Lev 19:27 Imperative masculine plural suffix הַקִּיפ֫וּהָ Ps 48:13 Infinitive absolute הַקֵּיף Josh 6:3, הַקֵּף vJosh 6:11 Participle plural מַקִּ(י)פִים 1Kgs 7:24; 2Chr 4:3 —

1. go around, surround, encompass:
  a. go around, with accusative of city, Josh 6:3 compare vJosh 6:11 (accusative omitted), Ps 48:13 (all || סָבָב); also (figurative) הִקִּ֫יפָה הַזְּעָקָה אֶתֿ Isa 15:8 the cry hath gone about the border of Moab.
  b. surround, encompass, enclose, usually with ׃עַלֿ וַיַּקִּ֫פוּ עַלהָֿעִיר 2Kgs 6:14 and they closed in upon the city (beleaguered it); with עַל person 2Kgs 11:8 (+ סָבִיב), Ps 17:9; Ps 88:18 (|| סָבַב), + accusative of thing Job 19:6 he hath closed his net in upon me compare Lam 3:5 less often with accusative of person Ps 22:17 (|| סָבַב), 2Chr 23:7 (|| 2Kgs 11:8 + סָבִיב), also of inanimate things 1Kgs 7:24 = 2Chr 4:3 (both + סָבִיב, || סָבַב).
2. make the round, i.e. complete the circuit יְמֵי הַמִּשְׁתֶּה ׳הִקּ Job 1:5 when the days of feasting had completed their circuit.
3. make round, round off (literally): פְּאַת ראֹשְׁכֶם ׳לֹא חַקּ Lev 19:27 (|| לֹא תַשְׁחִית אֵת פְּאַת זְקָנֶ֑ךָ), of heathen rite.

קוף (√of following; apparently = II. נקף, go around).

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