Original Language Studio
Deuteronomy 9:14
“Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven: and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
רָפָהrâphâh · raw-faw'
H7503 · Hebrew
H7503 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to slacken (in many applications, literal or figurative)
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- abate, cease, consume, draw (toward evening), fail, (be) faint, be (wax) feeble, forsake, idle, leave, let alone (go, down), (be) slack, stay, be still, be slothful, (be) weak(-en). See H7495 (רָפָא).
- Grammar
- הֶ֤רֶף — verb Hiphil, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 46 times in the Hebrew Bible.Exodus 4:26Exodus 5:8Exodus 5:17Exodus 5:17Deuteronomy 4:31
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read רָפָה here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.