Original Language Studio
Genesis 30:42
“But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban’s, and the stronger Jacob’s.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
עָטַףʻâṭaph · aw-taf'
H5848 · Hebrew
H5848 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to shroud, i.e. clothe (whether transitive or reflex.); hence (from the idea of darkness) to languish
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- cover (over), fail, faint, feebler, hide self, be overwhelmed, swoon.
- Grammar
- וּ — conjunction
- בְ — preposition
- הַעֲטִ֥יף — verb Hiphil, infinitive construct
- Usage
- Occurs 16 times in the Hebrew Bible.Job 23:9Psalms 61:3Psalms 65:14Psalms 73:6Psalms 77:4
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 עָטַף 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.