Yâphach — H3306

Definition

verb

properly, to breathe hard, i.e. (by implication) to sigh

1. to breathe, breathe hard, puff
1. (Hithpael) to gasp for breath

Usually translated as

bewail self

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• eklýō (G1590)

Occurrences

Yâphach occurs 1 time in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Jeremiah (1)

• Jeremiah 4:31 — For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself (תִּתְיַפֵּ֖חַ), that spreadeth her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers.