King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H7092
Transliteration: qaphats
Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-fats')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: draw together, shut
Meaning: to draw together, close, to leap, to die
Word Summary
qaphats: draw together, shut
Original Word: קָפַץTransliteration: qaphats
Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-fats')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: draw together, shut
Meaning: to draw together, close, to leap, to die
Strong's Concordance
shut up, skip, stop, take out of the way A primitive root; to draw together, i.e. Close; by implication, to leap (by contracting the limbs); specifically, to die (from gathering up the feet) -- shut (up), skip, stop, take out of the way.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H7092. qaphats
קָפַץ verb draw together, shut (Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Arabic collect, conjoin, tie; Syriac draw together, contract, withdraw (compare NöM 47: ZMG xxxiii (1879), 516); קְפַץ ᵑ7 hasten (double oneself up in running),
Pi`el hop, spring); —
Qal Perfect3masculine singular ׳ק Psalm 77:10, etc.; Imperfect2masculine singular תִּקְמֹּץ Deuteronomy 15:7; 3masculine plural יִקְמְּצוּ Isaiah 52:15; — shut hand Deuteronomy 15:7 (with מִן away from, so as not to lend; opp, פתח Deuteronomy 15:80); mouth, in astonishment Isaiah 52:15, in abject silence Job 5:16; Psalm 107:42; figurative ׳ק רַחֲמָיו 77:10 shut up his compassion.
Niph`al Imperfect3masculine singular יִקָּֽפְצוּן Job 24:24 si vera lectio, they draw themselves together, of contraction in death (compare Di Bu; Ol יִקָּֽבְצוּן are gathered in).
Pi`el Participle עַלהַֿגְּבָעוֺת מְקַמֵּץ Song of Solomon 2:8 springing (i.e. making repeated contractions of body, in taking leaps) upon the hills ("" מְרַלֵּג).
קֵץ see קצץ.