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title: אֵפוֹ — then · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֵפוֹ (645), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 15 times: then. BDB 1906: enclitic part. then. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֵפוֹ

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«אֵפוֹ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **then** — 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:** 15 times · **Key:** 645 · **BDB:** אֵפוֹ

### Glosses

then (15)

### Meaning (OSHB)

then [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/645/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

enclitic part. then [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/645/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** (Jb 17:15; 19:6, 23; 24:25), elsewhere אֵפוֹא (cf. רִבּוֹ and רִבּוֹא), enclitic part. then (prob. from פּוֹ, a part. with a demonstr. force, cf. פּוֹ, פֹּה here, with א prefixed. In the Targs. פּוֹן is used somewhat similary, e.g. Gn 26:10 Nu 11:29 Is 1:9; 48:18, 19),—used in connexion with interrogatory pronouns or adverbs (like ἄρα, ποτε, tandem): מִי אֵפוֹא Gn 27:33 who, then, …? v 37 וּלְכָה אֵפוֹא מָה אֶעֱשֶׂה and for thee, then, what shall I do, my son? Ex 33:16 וּבַמֶּה יִוָּדַע אֵפוֹא and wherein shall it be known, then …? אַיֵּה אֵפוֹא where, then? Ju 9:38 Is 19:12 Jb 17:15; Ho 13:10 אֱהִי מַלְכְּךָ אֵפוֹא; Is 22:1 מַה־לָּךְ אֵפוֹא what is there to thee, pray …? in a command or wish: 2 K 10:10 דְּעוּ אֵפוֹא know, then; (in apod.) Pr 6:3 Jb 19:6; Jb 19:23 מִי־יִתֵּן אֵפוֹ וְיִכָּֽתְבוּן מִלָּ֑י would, then, that my words were written! after אִם, Gn 43:11 אִם־כֵּן אֵפוֹא זֹאת עֲשׂוּ if it be so, then, do this, Jb 9:24 if not then, who is it? 24:25.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 15 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֵפוֹ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/645/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 17:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.17.15/)

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וְ֭אַיֵּה אֵפ֣וֹ תִקְוָתִ֑י וְ֝תִקְוָתִ֗י מִ֣י יְשׁוּרֶֽנָּה׃

*Word for word:* and where? then hope \[is\].my and hope my who? will he.observe.it

*JPS 1917:* Where then is my hope? And as for my hope, who shall see it?

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[Job 19:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.19.6/)

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דְּֽעוּ־אֵ֭פוֹ כִּי־אֱל֣וֹהַּ עִוְּתָ֑נִי וּ֝מְצוּד֗וֹ עָלַ֥י הִקִּֽיף׃

*Word for word:* know then (dm).that God he has.subverted.me and net his over me he.has.closed

*JPS 1917:* Know now that God hath subverted my cause, and hath compassed me with His net.

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