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Strong's #1849 - דָּפַק
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1) to beat, knock
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to beat, drive severely
1a2) to knock
1b) (Hithpael) to beat violently
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Qal Perf. 3 masculine plural suffix וּדְפָקוּם consecutive Genesis 33:13, but read 1 singular suffix וּדְפַקְתִּיםᵐ5 ᵑ6 Sam Di beat (in driving, drive severely or cruelly); Participle דּוֺפֵק Song of Solomon 5:2 absolute knocking (at door).
Hithpa`el Participle מִתְדַּמְּקִים עַלהַֿדָּ֑לֶת Judges 19:22 beat violently (beat themselves tired) against the door.
דָּפַק
(1) to knock at a door, Song of Solomon 5:2 compare Hithpael.
(2) to drive a flock hard, to overdrive, Genesis 33:13. (Arab. دفق to go quickly, pr. to be thrust forward.)
Hithpael, part. מִתְדַּפְּקִים knocking in rivalry at a door (this seems to me to be the signification of the conj. Hithpael in this place), Judges 19:22. Hence