Midvash

אָפַףʼâphaph

surround, encompass

Pronunciation: aw-faf' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H661

Meanings

Qal: encompass (Psalms 40:13; Psalms 18:5; Jonah 2:6)

Where it appears

Appears 5 times in the Bible.

  • 2 Samuel 22:5 “The waves of death overwhelmed me; floods of destruction swept over me.
  • Psalms 18:4 The ropes of death entangled me; floods of destruction swept over me.
  • Psalms 40:12 For troubles surround me— too many to count! My sins pile up so high I can’t see my way out. They outnumber the hairs on my head. I have lost all courage.
  • Psalms 116:3 Death wrapped its ropes around me; the terrors of the grave overtook me. I saw only trouble and sorrow.
  • Jonah 2:5 “I sank beneath the waves, and the waters closed over me. Seaweed wrapped itself around my head.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).