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the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34

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An emphatic expression of joy, "They clapped their hands (nākhāh ), and said, Long live (the King James Version "God save") the king" (2 Kings 11:12 ); "Oh clap your hands (tāḳa‛ ), all ye peoples" (Psalm 47:1 ); or exultation (ṣāphaḳ , Lamentations 2:15; māḥā ), Ezekiel 25:6; tāḳa‛ , Nahum 3:19 ); or repudiation (ṣāphaḳ , Job 27:23; Job 34:37 ).

Figurative: To denote Nature's "sympathy" with God's people. "Let the floods clap ( māḥā' ) their hands" (Psalm 98:8 ); "All the trees of the field shall clap their hands" (Isaiah 55:12; compare Judges 5:20 ).

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Clap'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/c/clap.html. 1915.

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