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וְהֵפַרְתָּ˜ה 2 S 15:3 4, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יָפֵר Nu 30:13 +, וַיָּ˜פֶר Ne 4: 9, etc.; also 1 s. אָפִיר ψ 89:34 ( Ges l.c.); Imv. ms. הָפֵר 2 Ch 16:3 ψ 85:5 ,
הָפֵ˜רָה 1 K 15:1 9; Inf. abs. הָפֵר Pr 15:22 +; cstr. לְהָפֵר 2 S 17:14 +, לְהָפֵיר Zc 11:1 0, sf. לְהַפְרְכֶם Lv 26:15 ( Ges § 67 dd); Pt. מֵפֵר Is 44:25 Jb 5:12 ;— 1. break, violate , especially c. acc. בְּרִית : a. of י׳ Ju 2:1 Je 14:21 Lv 26:44 Zc 11:10 . b. of men violating covenant with י׳ Je 11:1 0; 31:32 Dt 31:1 6, 20 Lv 26:15 Ez 44:7 Gn 17:14 Is 24: 5, Je 33:20 Ez 16:5 9. c. of men breaking compact, league (with men), Is 33:8 1 K 15:19 = 2 Ch 16: 3, Ez 17:15 , 16 , 18 , 19 . d. of destroying the אַחֲוָה between Judah and Israel Zc 11:14 . e. of breaking י׳ ’s מִצְוָה Nu 15:31 Ezr 9:14 , תֹּורָה ψ 119:126 . 2. frustrate, make ineffectual: a. counsel ( עֵצָה ) 2 S 15:34 ; 17:14 Ezr 4: 5; י׳ subj. Ne 4:9 ψ 33:10 ; of man frustrating י׳ ’s counsel Is 14:27 , so, c. acc. מִשְׁפָּט Jb 40: 8; c. acc. מַחֲשָׁבֹות in gen., of men Pr 15:22 , י׳ subj. Jb 5:15 , so, c. acc. אֹתֹות Is 44:2 5. b. make vow ( נֶדֶר ) ineffectual, annual it Nu 30:9 , 14 ( opp. הֵקִים ), v 1 3, also (Impf. + Inf. abs .) v 1 3, 16 . c. of annualling (godly) fear Jb 15:4 ; חַסְדִּי לֹא אָפִיר מֵעִמֹּו ψ 89:34 read prob. אָסִיר Ol Che Bae al. ; הָפֵר בַּעַסְךָ 85:4 (read הָסֵר Ö Bi Ch e). d. וְתָפֵר הָאֲבִיֹּונָה Ec 12:5 is dub. : De Wild al. fails (to excite [? < וְתֻפַר Hoph. is made ineffectual ]); Ew bursts ( Siegf וְתֻפַר ); but caper-berry not dehiscent
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Post Flora of Syriac 106 ff. M’Lean-Dyer Ency. Bib. 696 ); Post Letter, July 28, 1901 breaks up (by shrivelling), fig. of failing sexual power; Aq from פרה bear fruit ( cf. GFM JBL x (1891),
60); Perles Anal. 30 וְתִפְרַח . Hoph. Impf. 1. be frustrated , 3 fs. וְתֻפָ˜ר Is 8:10 (of עֵצָה ). 2. be broken , of covenant, 3 fs. תֻּפַר Je 33:2 1; וַתֻּפַר Zc 11:1 1; so Is 28:18 (read וְתֻפַר for וְכֻפַּר , v. כ׳ ). Phip. Impf. 3 ms. sf. וַיְפַרְפְּרֵנִי Jb 16:12 he hath shattered me .

Ges W. Gesenius. Ol J. Olshausen. Bi G. Bickell. dub. dubious, doubtful. De Franz Delitzsch. Wild G. Wildeboer.
< indicates that the following is to be preferred to the preceding. Ew H. Ewals.

Siegf C. Siegfried. Post G. E. Post, Flora of Syria.

Ency. Bib. EB(i), q.v. . Post G. E. Post. Aq Aquila. Perles F. Perles, Analekten.


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