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The meaning of יָפַח

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Definition

bewail self. - properly, to breathe hard, i.e. (by implication) to sigh 1) to breathe, breathe hard, puff 1a) (Hithpael)...

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יָפַח

Phoneticyaw-fakh'
Transliterationyâphach
Grammar Code
H:V
Hebrew Verb
Strong's Definition
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

bewail self. - properly, to breathe hard, i.e. (by implication) to sigh 1) to breathe, breathe hard, puff 1a) (Hithpael) to gasp for breath

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1 total references
ReferenceText
Jeremiah 4:31

For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers.

Word: יָפַח (yâphach)

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Jeremiah
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