גֶּפֶן שָׂדֶה a vine bearing poisonous gourds 2 K 4:39 ; גֶּפֶן הַיַּיִן Nu 6:4 ( cf. Gn 40:10 Ju 9:1 3) Ju 13:14 ; אֶשְׁכְּלֹות הַגֶּפֶן Ct 7: 9; עֵץ הַגֶּפֶן Ez 15: 2, 6 ; in simile of stars fading away at Yahweh’s judgment Is 34:4 ; in simile of wicked losing early promise Jb 15:33 ; in simile of wife ψ 128:3 ; fig. of Israel ψ 80:9 , 15 Ez 17:6 (×2), 7 , 8 Ho 10:1 cf. Ez 19:1 0, Je 2:21 ; 6:9 ; also Ho
14:8 ; fig. of Israel as easily destroyed Ez 15:2 , 6 ; fig. of godless enemies of Israel Dt 32:32 cf. D i; גֶּפֶן שִׂבְמָה fig. for prosperity of Moab Is 16:8 , 9 Je 48:32 .—On the vine in Syria cf. Anderlind ZPV 1888, 160 ff.
גפף
TWOT
373
(
√ of foll.;
cf.
Syriac
ܓܦܦ
(bpp) in deriv.,
ܓܦܺܝܦܳܐ
(bpipo) curved, convex;
also Arabic
جَفْجَفٌ
(
jafjafun
) both
hilly country
and
depression
,
Frey
.
)
•
[
גַּף
S
1610, 1611
TWOT
2660, 373a
GK
1726
]
n.m.
body, self, height, elevation
(
cf. NH
גּוּף
)
—
sg. sf.
גַּפֹּו
Ex 21:3
(×2),
4
;
pl. cstr.
גַּפֵּי
Pr 9:
3;—
1.
body, self
, only in phr.
בְּגַפֹּו יָבֹא
(
יֵצֵא
)
he shall come in
(
go out
)
by himself
(with his body)
Ex 21:3
(×2),
4
; in law of slave (
cf.
D
i)
2.
hight, elevation
עַל־גַּפֵּי מְרֹמֵי קָ˜רֶת
Pr 9:
3.
•
גֹּ˜פֶר
S
1613
TWOT
374
GK
1729
n.
[
m.
]
gopher
, only in
עֲצֵי־גֹּפֶר
Gn 6:14
(
P
), wood of which the ark was made
(
word
dub.
;
Thes comp.
כֹּפֶר
& so
Rob Ges
(hence ‘
pitch-wood
, resinous wood’),
cf.
D
i;
Lag
Semitica i. 64; Symmict. ii. 93,
BN
217 ff.
thinks word not original, but inferred from
גפרית
, and substituted here for
גפרית
by copyist, or editor.
Cf.
following
)
.
• גָּפְרִית S 1614 TWOT 375 GK 1730 n.f. brimstone ( Aramaic גּוּפְרִיתָא ,
also כבריתא , כובריתא , ܟܶܒܪܺܝܬܳܐ , ܟܽܒܪܺܝܬܳܐ ( kebrito, kubrito ); Arabic كِبْرِيت ( kibrīt ) (certainly foreign wd. ); der. from ( כֹּפֶר ), גֹּפֶר by Thes Rob-Ges ., cf. Di Gn 6:1 4; i.e. pitch , and then other combustibles, especially sulphur; Lag l.c.
thinks from Bactr.
vohûkereti
)
—
גָּפְרִית
Gn 19:24
+
6 times—
brimstone
, after
הִמְטִיר
Gn 19:24
(
J
),
fig.
of judgment
ψ 11:6
Ez 38:22
(in all
||
אֵשׁ
etc.),
cf.
sg. singular. Rob E. Robinson. Lag P. de Lagarde, Semitica .
Symmict. P. de Lagarde, Symmicta . Rob-Ges. Gesenuis, Hebrew and English Lexicon, translated by E. Robinson.