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title: אָפַק — hold · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אָפַק (662), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: hold. BDB 1906: vb. hold, be strong. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אָפַק

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«אָפַק» in the Tanakh dictionary: **hold** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** 662 · **BDB:** אָפַק

### Glosses

he.restrained.himself (2); I.forced.myself (1); I.have.restrained.myself (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

hold [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/662/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. hold, be strong [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/662/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. hold, be strong (so Thes wh. comp. Arabic أَفِقَ excel = multum valuit; MV comp. also فاق )— Pf. 3 pl. הִתְאַפָּ֑קוּ Is 63:15; Inf. לְהִתְאַפֵּק Gn 45:1; Impf. וְיִּתְאַפַּק Gn 43:31; 2 ms. תִּתְאַפַּק Is 64:11; אֶתְאַפָּ֑ק Is 42:14; וָאֶתְאַפַּק 1 S 13:12— compel oneself 1 S 13:12. restrain oneself, refrain Gn 43:31; 45:1 Is 42:14 Est 5:10; of י׳ Is 64:11; of Yahweh’s compassion Is 63:15, מֵעֶיךָ וְרַחֲמֶיךָ אֵלַי הִתְאַפָּ֑קוּ (almost passive).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 0 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 «אָפַק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/662/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 64:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.64.11/)

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הַעַל־אֵ֥לֶּה תִתְאַפַּ֖ק יְהוָ֑ה תֶּחֱשֶׁ֥ה וּתְעַנֵּ֖נוּ עַד־מְאֹֽד׃ס

*Word for word:* ? on these.\[things\] will.you.restrain.yourself O.Yahweh will.you.be.silent? and will you.afflict.us? up.to muchness

*JPS 1917:* Wilt Thou refrain Thyself for these things, O LORD? Wilt Thou hold Thy peace, and afflict us very sore?

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[Genesis 43:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.43.31/)

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וַיִּרְחַ֥ץ פָּנָ֖יו וַיֵּצֵ֑א וַיִּ֨תְאַפַּ֔ק וַיֹּ֖אמֶר שִׂ֥ימוּ לָֽחֶם׃

*Word for word:* and he.washed face his and he.came.out and he.restrained.himself and he.said set food

*JPS 1917:* And he washed his face, and came out; and he refrained himself, and said: 'Set on bread.'

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