• אֶפְרָתִי S 673 GK 718 adj. gent. Ephrathite . 1. Ephraimite, cf. אֶפְרָתָה 1. Ju 12:5 1 S 1:1 (of ancestor of Elkanah) 1 K 11:26 (of Jerob.) 2. from א׳ 2; א׳ מִבֵּית לֶחֶם 1 S 17:12 (of Jesse); pl. מִבֵּית לֶחֶם אֶפְרָתִים Ru 1: 2.
אפת TWOT 152 ( meaning dub. √ whence Arabic إِفُتٌ (˒ifutun) calamity, & also wonder, portent; according to Thes Arabic √ = إِيفَ ( ˒īfa ) suffer evil but Thes 612, Add. 72 del. אפת , and der. מֹופֵת from √ פ׳ו́ , so Ba NB § 172 c ; v. also, on افت ( ˒ft ) as late by-form of أفك ( ˒fk ), DBMacdonald JBL xiv (1895), 58 ff ) .
• מֹופֵת S 4159 TWOT 152a GK 4603 n.m. Dt 29:2 wonder, sign, portent ( = מֹאפֵת ) — מֹופֵת Ex 7:9 + 14 times; מֹופֶתְכֶם Ez 12:1 1; מֹופְתִים Dt 4:34 + 4 times; מֹפְתִים Dt 6:22 + 9 times; מֹופְתַי Ex 7: 3; 11:9 ; מֹופְתָיו
ψ 78:43 ; מֹפְתָיו 1 Ch 16:12 ψ 105:5 — 1. wonder , as special display of God’s power Ex 7:3 ; 11:9 ψ 105:5 1 Ch 16:12 Jo 3: 3; by Moses and Aaron Ex 4:21 ;
11:10
cf.
7:9
(in mouth of Pharaoh), by false proph.
Dt 13:2
,
3
(
||
אות
); usually
||
אות
Dt 4:3
4;
6:22
;
7:19
;
26:8
;
29:2
;
34:11
ψ 78:43
;
105:27
;
135:9 Je 32:2
0,
21 Ne 9:10
; applied to effect of Yahweh’s curse
Dt 28:46
(
||
אות
); to one protected by
י׳
ψ 71:7
.
2.
sign
or
token
of future event (
cf.
אוֹת
)
1 K 13:3
(×2),
5 2 Ch 32:2
4,
31
; symbolic act
Is 20:3
(
||
אות
); as such the term is applied to persons
Is 8:18
(
||
אות
)
Ez 12:6
,
11
;
24:24
,
27
;
cf.
אַנְשֵׁי מ׳
Zc 3:8
men who serve as a symbol or sign
.—
Vb.
used, of divine act, is
נתן
Ex 7:9
etc.,
שׂים
Je 32:2
0;
שׂים
also of entrusting to human power
Ex 4:21
,
cf.
דִּבֶּר
1 K 13:
3; of human agency
עשׂה
Ex 4:2
1;
11:10
,
נתן
1 K 13:
3,
5
.
• אֶצְבֹּון n.pr.m. 1. אֶצְבֹּן a son of Gad ( Sam. אצבעון , Ö θασοβαν ) Gn 46:16 = אָזְנִי Nu 26:16 ( Ö Ἀζενει, Ἀζαν ), this shorter form less probable. 2.
אֶצְבֹּון a grandson of Benjamin 1 Ch 7:7 ( Ö Ἀσεβων, Ἐσσεβων ).
אֶצְבַּע S 676, 677 TWOT 1873a, 2602 GK 720 v. II. צבע .
JBL Journal of Biblical Literature.