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2 Samuel 4:1

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Masoretic Text 1524

H8085 heard וישׁמע

H1121 And when Saul's son בן

H7586 שׁאול

H3588 that כי

H4191 was dead מת

H74 Abner אבנר

H2275 in Hebron בחברון

H7503 were feeble וירפו

H3027 his hands ידיו

H3605 and all וכל

H3478 the Israelites ישׂראל

H926 were troubled נבהלו׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

And

when

Saul's

H1121 son

H8085 heard

H3588 that

H74 Abner

was

H4191 dead

H2275 Hebron

his

H3027 hands

were

H7503 feeble

and

H3605 all

the

H3478 Israelites

were

H926 troubled

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H7503

Hebrew: רָפָה

Transliteration: râphâh

Pronunciation: raw-faw'

Part of Speech: Verb

Bible Usage: {abate} {cease} {consume} draw [toward {evening]} {fail} (be) {faint} be (wax) {feeble} {forsake} {idle} {leave} let alone ({go} {down}) (be) {slack} {stay} be {still} be {slothful} (be) weak (-en). See H7495 .

Definition:

to slacken (in many {applications} literally or figuratively)

1. to sink, relax, sink down, let drop, be disheartened

a. (Qal)

1. to sink down

2. to sink, drop

3. to sink, relax, abate

4. to relax, withdraw

b. (Niphal) idle (participle)

c. (Piel) to let drop

d. (Hiphil)

1. to let drop, abandon, relax, refrain, forsake

2. to let go

3. to refrain, let alone

4. to be quiet

e. (Hithpael) to show oneself slack

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906