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title: תָּקֵף — prevail over · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תָּקֵף (8630), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: prevail over. BDB 1906: vb. prevail over, overpower. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תָּקֵף

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«תָּקֵף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **prevail over** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 8630 · **BDB:** תָּקֵף

### Glosses

it (1); someone (1); you (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

prevail over [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8630/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. prevail over, overpower [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8630/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. prevail over, overpower (late; NH id.; Aramaism; Aramaic תְּקֵיף, ܬܩܶܦ be strong; Nab. תקף authority; cf.NöZMG xlvii (1893), 102; Sab. תקף overpower SabDenkmNo. 9, 1, 13; Arabic ثَقِفَ attain to, overtake, overpower);— Impf.: 3 ms. sf. יִתְקְפוֹ Ec 4:12 (Ges§ 60 d) if one overpower him, so 3 fs. sf. תִּתְקְפֵ֫הוּ Jb 14:20; 3 fs. sf. id. 15:24. תְּקוּפָה v. sub קוף (p. 880).

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תָּקֵף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8630/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 14:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.14.20/)

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תִּתְקְפֵ֣הוּ לָ֭נֶצַח וַֽיַּהֲלֹ֑ךְ מְשַׁנֶּ֥ה פָ֝נָ֗יו וַֽתְּשַׁלְּחֵֽהוּ׃

*Word for word:* you overpower.him to perpetuity and he.went \[you.are\].changing face his and you sent.him.away

*JPS 1917:* Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth; Thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.

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[Job 15:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.15.24/)

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יְֽ֭בַעֲתֻהוּ צַ֣ר וּמְצוּקָ֑ה תִּ֝תְקְפֵ֗הוּ כְּמֶ֤לֶךְ ׀ עָתִ֬יד לַכִּידֽוֹר׃

*Word for word:* they terrify.him distress and trouble it overpowers.him like a.king ready for (the) battle

*JPS 1917:* Distress and anguish overwhelm him; they prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

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