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רְפַס rᵉphaç — (Aramaic) corresponding to H7511

pronounced ref-as' · Strong's H7512 · 2 occurrences in the Aramaic Bible · 1 stem: Pe'al

Translated in the KJV as stamp.

(Aramaic) corresponding to H7511.

rᵉphaç in each stem

Pe'al

Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it

Participle (active) 2

רָפְסָ֑ה Dan 7:7 Participle (active), feminine singular

After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns. (KJV)

רָֽפְסָֽה Dan 7:19 Participle (active), feminine singular

Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet; (KJV)

What the stems mean

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Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.

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