עָטַף

a.taphto turn asideHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb16 occurrences6 books15 verses

Definition

a primitive root; to shroud, i.e. clothe (whether transitive or reflex.); hence (from the idea of darkness) to languish
Traditional renderings: cover (over), fail, faint, feebler, hide self, be overwhelmed, swoon.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders עָטַף:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

16 total
  1. Genesis 30:42וּבְהַעֲטִ֥יף · were weak; הָעֲטֻפִים֙ · So the weaker animals
    But if the animals were weak, he did not set out the branches. So the weaker animals went to Laban and the stronger ones to Jacob.
  2. Job 23:9יַעְטֹ֥ף · when He turns
    When He is at work in the north, I cannot behold Him; when He turns to the south, I cannot see Him.
  3. Psalm 61:2בַּעֲטֹ֣ף · is faint
    From the ends of the earth I call out to You whenever my heart is faint. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
  4. Psalm 65:13יַֽעַטְפוּ־ · are decked
    The pastures are clothed with flocks, and the valleys are decked with grain. They shout in triumph; indeed, they sing.
  5. Psalm 73:6יַעֲטָף־ · covers
    Therefore pride is their necklace; a garment of violence covers them.
  6. Psalm 77:3וְתִתְעַטֵּ֖ף · grew faint
    I remembered You, O God, and I groaned; I mused and my spirit grew faint. Selah
  7. Psalm 102:1יַעֲטֹ֑ף · he grows faint
    A prayer of one who is afflicted, when he grows faint and pours out his lament before the LORD. Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry for help come before You.
  8. Psalm 107:5תִּתְעַטָּֽף׃ · fainted
    They were hungry and thirsty; their soul fainted within them.
  9. Psalm 142:3בְּהִתְעַטֵּ֬ף · grows faint
    Although my spirit grows faint within me, You know my way. Along the path I travel they have hidden a snare for me.
  10. Psalm 143:4וַתִּתְעַטֵּ֣ף · grows faint
    My spirit grows faint within me; my heart is dismayed inside me.
  11. Isaiah 57:16יַֽעֲט֔וֹף · would grow weak
    For I will not accuse you forever, nor will I always be angry; for then the spirit of man would grow weak before Me—the breath of life I have made.
  12. Lamentations 2:11בֵּֽעָטֵ֤ף · faint
    My eyes fail from weeping; I am churning within. My heart is poured out in grief over the destruction of the daughter of my people, because children and infants faint in the streets of the city.
  13. Lamentations 2:12בְּהִֽתְעַטְּפָ֤ם · as they faint
    They cry out to their mothers: “Where is the grain and wine?” as they faint like the wounded in the streets of the city, as their lives fade away in the arms of their mothers.
  14. Lamentations 2:19הָעֲטוּפִ֥ים · who are fainting
    Arise, cry out in the night from the first watch of the night. Pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to Him for the lives of your children who are fainting from hunger on the corner of every street.
  15. Jonah 2:7בְּהִתְעַטֵּ֤ף · was fading away
    As my life was fading away, I remembered the LORD. My prayer went up to You, to Your holy temple.