STRONGS H6075:
Abbreviations
† I. עָפַל verb swell (?; so Thes; inferred from derivatives; Arabic
is a
tumour in the vulva or anus,
apparently denominative (compare II.
עֹפֶל) see Assyrian
uplu, probably
tumour (Dl
HWB 7 ublu, but see Jen
ThLz 1895, 250)); —
Pu. Perfect 3rd person feminine singular עֻפְּלָה Habakkuk 2:4 according to MT (subject
נַפְשׁוֺ, compare GASm); but substantive needed, Brd
SK 1889, 121 הַנֶּעֱלָף, We Now
הָעַוָּל, compare Gu
Kau. —
Hiph. see II.
עפל. below
† II. [
עָפַל]
verb perhaps
be heedless (Arabic
be heedless, neglectful, inadvertent); —
Hiph. shew heedlessness, Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural וַיַּעְפִּלוּ לַעֲלוֺת Numbers 14:44 (JE)
they shewed heedlessness in going up (went up heedlessly), so de Dieu, cited (and allowed) by Di Buhl
Lex; > Thes and others
shewed presumption (I.
עפל, this sense dubious).
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Numbers
14:44
Habakkuk
2:4