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title: זָקַף — raise up · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זָקַף (2210), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: raise up. BDB 1906: vb. raise up. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זָקַף

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«זָקַף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **raise up** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 2210 · **BDB:** זָקַף

### Glosses

\[he.is\].raising.up (1); \[is\].raising.up (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

raise up [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2210/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. raise up [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2210/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. (late) raise up (NH id.; Aramaic זְקַף, ܙܩܰܦ; Assyrian zaḳâpu, Asrb.Hunting Inscr. IR 7, ix. A, 3; NöZMG 1886, 725 suggests Arabic زَقَفَ carry off (Ḳam.), orig. lift up)—only Pt. act. and only fig. of י׳’s dealing with prostrate men:—וְזוֹקֵף לְכָל־הַכְּפוּפִים ψ 145:14 (‖ סוֹמךְ); זֹקֵף כְּפוּפִים 146:8 י׳ raiseth up prostrate ones.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «זָקַף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2210/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 146:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.146.8/)

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יְהוָ֤ה ׀ פֹּ֘קֵ֤חַ עִוְרִ֗ים יְ֭הוָה זֹקֵ֣ף כְּפוּפִ֑ים יְ֝הוָ֗ה אֹהֵ֥ב צַדִּיקִֽים׃

*Word for word:* Yahweh \[is\].opening blind.\[people\] Yahweh \[is\].raising.up \[those.who.are\].bowed.down Yahweh \[is\].loving righteous.\[people\]

*JPS 1917:* The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind; the LORD raiseth up them that are bowed down; the LORD loveth the righteous;

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[Psalms 145:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.145.14/)

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סוֹמֵ֣ךְ יְ֭הוָה לְכָל־הַנֹּפְלִ֑ים וְ֝זוֹקֵ֗ף לְכָל־הַכְּפוּפִֽים׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].sustaining Yahweh (to) all \[those who\].fall and \[he.is\].raising.up (to) all \[those who.are\].bowed.down

*JPS 1917:* The LORD upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that are bowed down.

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