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title: עָרַף — break the neck · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָרַף (6202), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: break the neck. BDB 1906: vb. denom. break the neck of an animal. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָרַף

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«עָרַף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **break the neck** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 6202 · **BDB:** עָרַף

### Glosses

you (2); \[one.who\].breaks.the.neck.of (1); he.will.break (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

break the neck [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6202/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. denom. break the neck of an animal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6202/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. denom. break the neck of an animal;— Pf. 2 ms. sf. וַעֲרַפְתּוֹ consec. Ex 13:13; 34:20 (JE), 3 pl. וְעָֽרְפוּ־שָׁם אֶת־הָעֶגְלָה consec. Dt 21:4; Pt. act. עוֹרֵף כֶּלֶב Is 66:3; pass. הָעֲרוּפָה הָעֶגְלָה Dt 21:6; Impf. 3 ms. יַעֲרֹף Ho 10:2 fig. of breaking down altars.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָרַף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6202/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Hosea 10:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.10.2/)

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חָלַ֥ק לִבָּ֖ם עַתָּ֣ה יֶאְשָׁ֑מוּ ה֚וּא יַעֲרֹ֣ף מִזְבְּחוֹתָ֔ם יְשֹׁדֵ֖ד מַצֵּבוֹתָֽם׃

*Word for word:* it.is.smooth heart their now they.will.be.held.guilty he he.will.break altars their he.will.destroy pillars their.sacred

*JPS 1917:* Their heart is divided; now shall they bear their guilt; He will break down their altars, He will spoil their pillars.

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[Exodus 13:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.13.13/)

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וְכָל־פֶּ֤טֶר חֲמֹר֙ תִּפְדֶּ֣ה בְשֶׂ֔ה וְאִם־לֹ֥א תִפְדֶּ֖ה וַעֲרַפְתּ֑וֹ וְכֹ֨ל בְּכ֥וֹר אָדָ֛ם בְּבָנֶ֖יךָ תִּפְדֶּֽה׃

*Word for word:* and every firstborn of.a.donkey you.will.redeem with a.sheep and if not you.will.redeem.\[it\] and you will.break.its.neck and every firstborn of.humankind among sons your you.will.redeem

*JPS 1917:* And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break its neck; and all the first-born of man among thy sons shalt thou redeem.

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