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title: אָפֵס — cease · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אָפֵס (656), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: cease. BDB 1906: vb. cease, fail, come to an end Qal. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אָפֵס

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«אָפֵס» in the Tanakh dictionary: **cease** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 656 · **BDB:** אָפֵס

### Glosses

he.will.come.to.an.end (2); it.has.come.to.an.end (2); it.come.to.an.end? (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

cease [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/656/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. cease, fail, come to an end Qal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/656/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** (cf. II. פָּסַס) vb. cease, fail, come to an end: only Qal Pf. 3 ms.; Gn 47:15, 16 (of money, כֶּסֶף), Is 16:4 (extortioner: ‖ כָּלָה, תַּם), 29:20 (terrible one: ‖ כָּלָה, נִכְרַת), ψ 77:9 (חַסְדּוֹ: ‖ גָּמַר).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אָפֵס» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/656/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 29:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.29.20/)

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כִּֽי־אָפֵ֥ס עָרִ֖יץ וְכָ֣לָה לֵ֑ץ וְנִכְרְת֖וּ כָּל־שֹׁ֥קְדֵי אָֽוֶן׃

*Word for word:* (dm) he.will.come.to.an.end \[the\].ruthless.person and he.will.come.to.an.end \[the\].mocker and they.will.be.cut.off all \[those.who\].lie.in.wait of.wickedness

*JPS 1917:* For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner ceaseth, and all they that watch for iniquity are cut off;

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[Psalms 77:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.77.9/)

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הֶאָפֵ֣ס לָנֶ֣צַח חַסְדּ֑וֹ גָּ֥מַר אֹ֝֗מֶר לְדֹ֣ר וָדֹֽר׃

*Word for word:* has it.come.to.an.end? to perpetuity loyalty his.covenant has.it.come.to.an.end? a.word to a.generation and a.generation

*JPS 1917:* Is His mercy clean gone for ever? Is His promise come to an end for evermore?

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