Aramaic word · H7512

רְפַס

rafesah

to tread

A Biblical Aramaic word, from the parts of the Old Testament written in Aramaic. Why Aramaic?

Appears 2 times in 2 verses of the Aramaic of the Old Testament. ·

What it means

1) to tread, trample

1a) (P'al) treading, trampling (participle)

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Daniel · 2

  1. Daniel 7:7 רָפְסָ֑ה [it was] trampling

    After this, as I watched in my vision in the night, suddenly a fourth beast appeared, and it was terrifying—dreadful and extremely strong—with large iron teeth. It devoured and crushed; then it trampled underfoot whatever was left. It was different from all the beasts before it, and it had ten horns.

    Here: Participle, '[it was] trampling'. The wanton destruction of leftovers shows violence beyond what hunger needs. The Hebrew cognate is used of a sea monster fouling waters with its feet (Ezek 32:2).

  2. Daniel 7:19 רָֽפְסָֽה׃ [it was] trampling

    Then I wanted to know the true meaning of the fourth beast, which was different from all the others—extremely terrifying—devouring and crushing with iron teeth and bronze claws, then trampling underfoot whatever was left.

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