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Proverbs 4:13

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Masoretic Text 1524

H2388 Take fast hold החזק

H4148 of instruction במוסר

H408 let her not אל

H7503 go תרף

H5341 keep נצרה

H3588 her for כי

H1931 she היא

H2416 is thy life חייך׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

Take

fast

H2388 hold

H4148 instruction

let

her

H408 not

H7503 go

H5341 keep

her

H3588 for

H1931 she

thy

H2416 life

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