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Esther 5:10
“Nevertheless Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, he sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
אָפַקʼâphaq · aw-fak'
H662 · Hebrew
H662 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to contain, i.e. (reflex.) abstain
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- force (oneself), restrain.
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- יִּתְאַפַּ֣ק — verb Hithpael, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 7 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 43:31Genesis 45:11 Samuel 13:12Isaiah 42:14Isaiah 63:15
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 אָפַק 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.