{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H3943",
  "lemma": "לָפַת",
  "transliteration": "lâphath",
  "definition": "properly, to bend, i.e. (by implication) to clasp; also (reflexively) to turn around or aside",
  "kjv": "take hold, turn aside (self).",
  "occurrences": 3,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "[לָפַת] vb. twist, turn, grasp with a twisting motion",
    "Qal Samson grasped the two middle columns.",
    "Niph. the man started up and twisted himself; the paths of their way [i.e. of the streams] turn aside"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Judges 16:29",
      "text": "Samson took hold of the two middle pillars on which the house rested and leaned on them, the one with his right hand…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/16?v=29"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Job 6:18",
      "text": "The caravans that travel beside them turn away. They go up into the waste, and perish.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/job/6?v=18"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ruth 3:8",
      "text": "At midnight, the man was startled and turned himself; and behold, a woman lay at his feet.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ruth/3?v=8"
    }
  ],
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