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Strong's #6202 - עָרַף
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- (Qal) to break the neck (of an animal)
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2580) pro (אהרפ AhRP) AC: Behead CO: Neck AB: ?: [from: ro- as the neck is exposed skin] (eng: giraffe; scruff - of the neck and the additional s)
V) pro (אהרפ AhRP) - Behead: To severe the neck from the body or to break the neck. KJV (6): (vf: Paal) neck, strike, behead, cut - Strongs: H6202 (עָרַף)
Nm) pro (אהרפ AhRP) - Neck: KJV (33): neck, back - Strongs: H6203 (עֹרֶף)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Qal Perfect 2 masculine singular suffix וַעֲרַפְתּוֺ consecutive Exodus 13:13; Exodus 34:20 (JE), 3 plural וְעָֽרְפוּשָֿׁם אֶתהָֿעֶגְלָה consecutive Deuteronomy 21:4; Participle active עוֺרֵף כֶּלֶב Isaiah 66:3; passive הָעֶגְלָההָעֲרוּפָה Deuteronomy 21:6; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יַעֲרֹף Hosea 10:2 figurative of breaking down altars.
עָרַף i.q. רָעַף to drop down (tropfen, to drop; compare דָּלַף, זָלַף, the last syllable of which is identical), Deuteronomy 33:28 metaph. used of speech, Deuteronomy 32:2.
Derivative, עֲרִיפִים.
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עָרַף
(1) originally, as I suppose, to pluck, to seize, to pull; Germ. raufen, a sense which is found in the primary syllable רף, רב, compare רָפָא, רִיב, and, with a palatal or guttural letter added at the beginning, גָּרַף, חָרַף, עָרַף. Hence عُرْفُ the mane of a horse (so called from its being pulled), غَرَفَ to pull out the forelock of a horse, and Hebr. עֹרֶף neck, prob. so called from mane. (In the Indo-Germanic languages with this agree, rapio, carpo, raffen, raufen. The signification of mane and top are found in the Gr. λόφος, mane; hence, neck, back, κορυφή, κόρυμβος, κορύμβη, top.)
(2) denom. from עֹרֶף to break the neck of an animal, Exodus 13:13, 34:20 Deuteronomy 21:4, Deuteronomy 21:6; Isaiah 66:3. Figuratively, to overthrow, to destroy altars, Hosea 10:2.