• עֹ˜רֶף S 6203 TWOT 1700a GK 6902 n.m. Dt 31:27 back of neck, neck ;— ע׳ abs. Jos 7:12 +; cstr. Gn 49:8 +; sf. עָרְפִּי Jb 16:1 2, עָרְפְּךָ Dt 31:2 7, etc.;— 1. back of neck of fleeing foe יָֽדְךָ בְּע׳ אֹיְבֶיךָ Gn 49:8 (poem in J ), cf. בְּעָרְפִּי וְאָחַז Jb 16:12 ( fig. ); Ex 23:27 ( E ), ψ 18:41 = 2 S 22:4 1; turn
( הֶפַךְ , פָּנָה ) one’s back before ( לִפְנֵי ) a foe Jos 7:8 , 12 (JE), abs. Je 48:39 ; fig. of apostasy פָּנָה ע׳אֶל Je 2:2 7; 32:33 ( opp. פָּנָה פָנִים ) abs. וַיִּתְּנוּ ע׳ 2 Ch 29: 6; of י׳ ’s disfavour ע׳ וְלֹא פָנִים אֶרְאֵם Je 18:17 with the back and not the face will I look at them . 2. fig. in קְשֵׁה־ע׳ stiff of neck , i.e. obstinate , of Isr. Ex 32:8 ; 33:3 , 5 ; 34:9 (all JE), Dt 9:6 , 13 ; עָרְפְּךָ הַקָּשֶׁה Dt 31:2 7; with vb. הִקְשָׁה ע׳ i.e. be obstinate, intractable 10:16 Je 7:26 ; 17:23 ; 19:15 2 K 17:14 ^(×2) Ne 9:1 6, 17 , 29 2 Ch 30: 8; cf. גִּיד בַּרְזֶל ע׳ Is 48:4 ( || קָשֶׁה אָ˜תָּת ); הִקְשָׁה ע׳ of individual 2 Ch 36:13 Pr 29:1 . 3. of bird: nip its head עָרְפֹּו מִמּוּל Lv 5:8 ( P ).

• [ עָרַף S 6201, 6202 TWOT 1700, 1701 GK 6903, 6904 ] vb. denom. break the neck of an animal ;— Qal Pf. 2 ms. sf. וַעֲרַפְתֹּו consec. Ex 13:1 3; 34:20 (JE), 3 pl. וְעָֽרְפוּ־שָׁם אֶת־הָעֶגְלָה consec. Dt 21: 4; Pt. act. עֹורֵף כֶּלֶב Is 66:3 ; pass. הָעֲרוּפָה הָעֶגְלָה Dt 2 1 ; 6; Impf. 3 ms. יַעֲרֹף Ho 10:2 fig. of breaking down altars.

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עָרַף S 6201, 6202 TWOT 1700, 1701 GK 6903, 6904 ] vb. drip, drop ( ^{cf. Arabic}

غَرَفَ ( ğarafa ) lade out water with the hand (as with ladle) cf. Ph. ערפת portico (whence rain drips ) v. Hoffm Abh. d. GGW xxxvi. May, 1889, 12 f. ; cf. also غُرْفَةٌ ( ğurfatun ) upper-room; מערף ענן Ecclus 43:22 the dropping of a cloud , Assyrian irpu, irpitu , cloud ( s ) ) ;— Qal Impf. 3 mpl. שָׁמָיק יַעַרְפוּ־טָ˜ל Dt 33:28 his heavens drop

prefixed, or added, or both, indicates All passages cited. S Strongs Concordance
TWOT Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament . GK Goodrick/Kohlenberger numbering system of the NIV Exhaustive Condordance . vb. verb.
cf. confer , compare.

Ph. Phenician.
v. vide , see. Hoffm G. Hoffmann. Ecclus Ecclesiasticus; Ecclus, Oxford ed., = Heb. Fragments of Ecclesiasticus, edd. Neubauer and Cowley.

Impf. Imperfect. mpl. masculine plural.