H3943 · לָפַת
lâphath · law-fath' · take hold, turn aside
H3943 (lâphath, pronounced law-fath') is the Hebrew word לָפַת in Strong’s dictionary: properly, to bend, i.e. (by implication) to clasp. It appears 3 times in 3 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- לָפַת (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- lâphath
- Pronunciation
- law-fath'
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- Definition
- properly, to bend, i.e. (by implication) to clasp; also (reflexively) to turn around or aside
- Rendered in the KJV
- take hold, turn aside (self).
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
3 occurrences in 3 verses.
How the BSB renders it
- “reached out” ×1
- “turn aside” ×1
- “turned over” ×1
By book
Judges 1 · Ruth 1 · Job 1