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title: אָפַף — surround · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אָפַף (661), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: surround. BDB 1906: vb. surround, encompass. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אָפַף

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«אָפַף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **surround** — 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:** 661 · **BDB:** אָפַף

### Glosses

they (4); they.have.encompassed (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

surround [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/661/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. surround, encompass [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/661/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. surround, encompass (Assyrian apâpu ZimBP 59)— Pf. אָֽפְפוּ ψ 40:13, אֲפָפוּנִי ψ 18:5 +;—encompass (poet.) lit. Jon 2:6 (subj. מַיִם); fig., subj. evils \& misfortunes רָעוֹת ψ 40:13 (sq. עָלַי); מִשְׁבְּרֵי מות 2 S 22:5, cf. הֶבְלֵי מ׳ ψ 18:5, also 116:3.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 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 «אָפַף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/661/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 22:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.22.5/)

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כִּ֥י אֲפָפֻ֖נִי מִשְׁבְּרֵי־מָ֑וֶת נַחֲלֵ֥י בְלִיַּ֖עַל יְבַעֲתֻֽנִי׃

*Word for word:* (dm) they encompassed.me breakers of.death torrents of.worthlessness they overwhelmed.me

*JPS 1917:* For the waves of Death compassed me. The floods of Belial assailed me.

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[Psalms 18:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.18.5/)

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אֲפָפ֥וּנִי חֶבְלֵי־מָ֑וֶת וְֽנַחֲלֵ֖י בְלִיַּ֣עַל יְבַֽעֲתֽוּנִי׃

*Word for word:* they encompassed.me cords of.death and torrents of.worthlessness they overwhelmed.me

*JPS 1917:* The cords of Death compassed me, and the floods of Belial assailed me.

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