† I. [
נָקַף]
verb strike off (Late Hebrew
strike, wound, Aramaic
נְקַף id.; Arabic
fregit caput, ut cerebrum appareret; Vulgar Arabic
snap with the finger (Dozy
ii. 716); Assyrian
naḳpu probably=
mutilated; Ethiopic
peel, flay Di
649); —
Niph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular וְנִקַּף סִבְכֵי הַיַּ֫עַר consecutive
Isaiah 10:34 and the thickets of the forest shall be
struck away (on singular verb compare Ges
§ 145o Da
Synt. § 113 b; or. read
נִקְּפוּ; — form possibly Pi., but compare Di Du Che
Hpt).
Pi. Perfect 3rd person plural וְאַחַר עוֺרִי נִקְּפוּזֹֿאת Job 19:25 after my skin, which they (Ges
§ 144 g)
have struck off (alluding to ravages of his disease) —
this! but text dubious; Bu
כָּזאֹת נִקַּף Niph. which has been thus struck off.
II. [
נָקַף]
verb go around (intransitive), (
Ecclus 45:9 Hiph.
ויקיפהו surround something with (2 accusatives); Perfect
3rd person feminine singular הקיפה Ecclus 43:12 (accusative+
ב instrumental); Late Hebrew Hiph.
הִקִּיף = Biblical Hebrew; also =
cling to, be attached, joined to, and so Aramaic
אַקֵּיף (Aph`el),
);
Qal Imperfect חַגִּים יִנְקֹ֑פוּ Isaiah 29:1 (figurative)
let feasts go around, i.e. run the round (of the year).
Hiph. Perfect הִקִּיף Job 19:6;
3rd person feminine singular הִקִּ֫יפָהִ Isaiah 15:8;
3rd person plural הִקִּ֫יפוּ Job 1:5;
Psalm 88:18,
וְהִקִּיפוּ consecutive
2 Chronicles 23:7, suffix
הִקִּיפוּנִי Psalm 22:17;
2nd person masculine plural וְהִקַּפְתֶּם consecutive
2 Kings 11:8;
Imperfect וַיַּקַּף Lamentations 3:5;
3rd person masculine plural יַקִּ֫יפוּ Psalm 17:9,
וַיַּקִּ֫פוּ 2 Kings 6:14;
2nd person masculine plural תַּקִּ֫פוּ Leviticus 19:27;
Imperative masculine plural suffix
הַקִּיפ֫וּהָ Psalm 48:13;
Infinitive absolute הַקֵּיף Joshua 6:3,
הַקֵּף Joshua 6:11;
Participle plural
מַקִּ(י)פִים 1 Kings 7:24;
2 Chronicles 4:3; —
1. go around, surround, encompass:
a. go around, with accusative of city,
Joshua 6:3 compare
Joshua 6:11 (accusative omitted),
Psalm 48:13 (all ||
סָבָב); also (figurative)
הִקִּ֫יפָה הַזְּעָקָה אֶתֿ Isaiah 15:8 the cry hath gone about the border of Moab.
2. make the round, i.e.
complete the circuit יְמֵי הַמִּשְׁתֶּה הִקּ׳ Job 1:5 when
the days of feasting had completed their circuit.
3. make round, round off (literally):
ראֹשְׁכֶם פְּאַת תַקּ'לֹא Leviticus 19:27 (||
פְּאַת אֵת תַשְׁחִית לֹא זְקָנֶ֑ךָ), of heathen rite.
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