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Ezekiel 1:25

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Masoretic Text 1524

H1961 And there was ויהי

H6963 a voice קול

H5921 over מעל

H7549 the firmament לרקיע

H834 that אשׁר

H5921 על

H7218 their heads ראשׁם

H5975 when they stood בעמדם

H7503 and had let down תרפינה

H3671 their wings כנפיהן׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

And

there

H1961 was

H6963 voice

H4480 from

the

H7549 firmament

H834 that

H1961 was

H5921 over

their

H7218 heads

when

they

H5975 stood

and

had

let

H7503 down

their

H3671 wings

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H7503

Hebrew: רָפָה

Transliteration: râphâh

Pronunciation: raw-faw'

Part of Speech: Verb

Bible Usage: {abate} {cease} {consume} draw [toward {evening]} {fail} (be) {faint} be (wax) {feeble} {forsake} {idle} {leave} let alone ({go} {down}) (be) {slack} {stay} be {still} be {slothful} (be) weak (-en). See H7495 .

Definition:

to slacken (in many {applications} literally or figuratively)

1. to sink, relax, sink down, let drop, be disheartened

a. (Qal)

1. to sink down

2. to sink, drop

3. to sink, relax, abate

4. to relax, withdraw

b. (Niphal) idle (participle)

c. (Piel) to let drop

d. (Hiphil)

1. to let drop, abandon, relax, refrain, forsake

2. to let go

3. to refrain, let alone

4. to be quiet

e. (Hithpael) to show oneself slack

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906