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H8609

תפר

תפר
thapar

Verb · A primitive root

A primitive root; to sew:—(women that) sew (together).

Outline

  1. to sew together
    1. (Qal) to sew, sew together
    2. (Piel)
      1. to sew
      2. sewing (participle)

Usages

Genesis 3:7

And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.

Breakdown

Knew that they were naked: They knew that they had sinned. The fig leaves and aprons are allegories for taking on other customs, i.e. the ways of the heathen that were round about Adam and Eve at that time.

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Job 16:15

I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.

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Ecclesiastes 3:7

A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

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Ezekiel 13:18

And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the women that sew pillows to all armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and will ye save the souls alive that come unto you?

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