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Pf. הָהְפַּךְ עָלַי בַּלָּהֹות Jb 30:15 there have been turned upon me terrors ( cf. הִתְגַּלְגָּ˜לוּ v 1 4, of foes).

הֶ˜פֶךְ n.m. the contrary, contrariness, perversity ;— abs. ה׳ Ez 16:3 4; הֶ˜פֶךְ v 3 4; sf. הַפְכְּכֶם Is 29:16 ( v. Baer);— 1. the contrary, opposite thing וַיְהִי־בָךְ הֶפֶךְ מִן־הַנָּשִׁים Ez 16:34 & there hath occurred in thee the contrary from other women; v 34 וַתְּהִי לְהֶ˜פֶךְ so thou hast become the contrary . 2. הַפְכְּכֶם Is 29:16 Oh, your perversity!

הֲפֵכָה S 2018 TWOT 512b GK 2202 n.f. overthrow ( cf. especially Assyrian abiktu Dl W) , of the cities (of the plain) Gn 19:29 ; cf. [ מַהְפֵּכָה ] and הָפַךְ 1


b.

הֲפַכְפַּךְ S 2019 TWOT 512c GK 2203 adj. crooked , הֲפַכְפַּךְ דֶּרֶךְ אִישׁ וָזָר˜ Pr 21:8 crooked is the way of a guilty man .

[ מַהְפֵּכָה S 4114 TWOT 512d GK 4550 ] n.f. overthrow —always cstr. מַהְפֵּכַת ; & always of overthrow of Sodom, Gomorrah etc., except Is 1:7 מָ׳ וָרִים , where read סְדֹם ( Ew Che RS Proph. 345 Di al. ; also Lag Sem i. 3); yet even so prob. gloss, of Stud. JPTh 1877, 714 ; מ׳ סְדֹם Dt 29:22 Je 49:1 8; and with force of verbal noun, governing acc. , מ׳ אלהים את־סדם Is 13:19 Je 50:40 Am 4:1 1. Cf. also הָפַךְ 1 b, הֲפֵכָה .

מַהְפֶּ˜כֶת S 4115 TWOT 512e GK 4551 n.f. stocks or similar instrum. of punishment ( compelling crooked posture, or distorting ) , mentioned rather late; as punishment for Jeremiah הַמּ׳ אֲשַׁר בְּשַׁעַר בִּנְיָמִן Je 20:2 ( Ö εἰς τὸν καταράκτην κ.τ.λ. ), cf. אֶל־הַמּ׳ 29:26 ( Ö εἰς τὸ ἀπόκλεισµα ; || אֶל־הַצִּינֹק , Ö εἰς τὸν καταράκτην , but order of words perhaps reversed in

Ö ); הַמַּהְפָּ˜כֶת 20: 3; בֵּית הַמַּהְפֶּכֶת assigned also to Asa’s time 2 Ch 16:10 ( Ö εἰς φυλακήν ; Ö L εἰς οἶκον φυλακῆς ; cf. Acts 16:2 4, where εἰς ρὴν ἐσωτέραν φυλακήν , + εἰς τὸ ζύλον ).

RS W. Robertson Smith, Prophets of Israel. Lag P. de Lagarde, Semitica .

JPTh Jahrbücher für Prot. Theol.


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