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To breathe

יָפַחStrong’s H3306

yaphach (ya-phach)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Yaphach is the Hebrew word usually translated “is gasping for breath”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers.”
Jeremiah 4:31 KJV
Meaning
  1. To breathe, breathe hard, puff(Hithpael) to gasp for breath
How it's translated
  • she is gasping for breath 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Jeremiah 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    יָפַח yaphach · to breathe

    1) to breathe, breathe hard, puff 1a) (Hithpael) to gasp for breath

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “breathe” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    BREATHE, verb intransitive

    To respire; to inspire and expire air. Hence, to live.

    1. To take breath; to rest from action; as, let them have time to breathe
    2. To pass as air.
    All definitions and other forms of “breathe”

      BREATHE, verb transitive

      To inhale as air into the lungs and expel it; as, to breathe vital air.

      1. To inject by breathing; to infuse; followed by into.“And the Lord God breathed into his nostrils the breath of life” Genesis 2:7
      2. To expire; to eject by breathing; followed by out; as, to breathe out threatening and slaughter.
      3. To exercise; to keep in breath.
      4. To inspire or blow into; to cause to sound by breathing; as, to breathe the flute.
      5. To exhale; to emit as breath; as, the flowers breathe odors or perfume.
      6. To utter softly or in private; as, to breathe a vow.
      7. To give air or vent to; to open; as, to breathe a vein.
      8. To express; to manifest.

      Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

      Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.