Lexical Summary akaph: to press, urge Original Word: אָכַףTransliteration: akaph Phonetic Spelling: (aw-kaf') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to press, urge Meaning: to press, urge Strong's Concordance crave A primitive root; apparently meaning to curve (as with a burden); to urge -- crave. Brown-Driver-Briggs H404. akaph אָכַף verb press, urge (Mishna id., Aramaic be urgent, compare , Arabic saddle); — Qal Perfect Proverbs 16:26 ׳א מִּ֑יהוּ עָלָיו ("" לוֺ עָֽמְלָה עָמֵל נֶפֶשׁ) i.e. his hunger impels him to work. |
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