נפה
Hebrew
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Noun
[edit]נָפָה • (nafá) f (singular construct נָפַת־)
- winnow
- sieve (device to separate larger objects)
- Isaiah 30:28:
- וְרוּחוֹ כְּנַחַל שׁוֹטֵף, עַד-צַוָּאר יֶחֱצֶה, לַהֲנָפָה גוֹיִם, בְּנָפַת שָׁוְא; וְרֶסֶן מַתְעֶה, עַל לְחָיֵי עַמִּים. (wərūḥō kənaḥal šōṭēp̄, ʿaḏ-ṣawwār yeḥĕṣe, laḥănāp̄ā gōyim, bənāp̄aṯ šāw; wəresen maṯʿe, ʿal ləḥāyey ʿammim)
- And His breath is as an overflowing stream, that divideth even unto the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of destruction; and a bridle that causeth to err shall be in the jaws of the peoples.
- וְרוּחוֹ כְּנַחַל שׁוֹטֵף, עַד-צַוָּאר יֶחֱצֶה, לַהֲנָפָה גוֹיִם, בְּנָפַת שָׁוְא; וְרֶסֶן מַתְעֶה, עַל לְחָיֵי עַמִּים. (wərūḥō kənaḥal šōṭēp̄, ʿaḏ-ṣawwār yeḥĕṣe, laḥănāp̄ā gōyim, bənāp̄aṯ šāw; wəresen maṯʿe, ʿal ləḥāyey ʿammim)
- Isaiah 30:28:
- county
Verb
[edit]נִפָּה • (nipá) (pi'el construction)