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title: אָכַף — press · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אָכַף (404), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: press. BDB 1906: vb. press, urge. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אָכַף

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«אָכַף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **press** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 404 · **BDB:** אָכַף

### Glosses

it.presses (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

press [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/404/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. press, urge [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/404/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. press, urge (Mish. id., Aramaic ܐܶܟܰܦ be urgent, cf. ܐܘܽܟܦܳܐ, Ar. إِكَافٌ saddle);— Pf. Pr 16:26 א׳ עָלָיו פִּ֑יהוּ (‖ נֶפֶשׁ עָמֵל עָֽמְלָה לוֹ) i.e. his hunger impels him to work.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אָכַף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/404/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 16:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.16.26/)

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נֶ֣פֶשׁ עָ֭מֵל עָ֣מְלָה לּ֑וֹ כִּֽי־אָכַ֖ף עָלָ֣יו פִּֽיהוּ׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].appetite of.a.laborer it.toils for him (dm) it.presses on him mouth his

*JPS 1917:* The hunger of the labouring man laboureth for him; for his mouth compelleth him.

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