תָּקַף tâqaph — to overpower

pronounced taw-kaf' · Strong's H8630 · 3 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible · 1 stem: Qal (Pa'al)

Translated in the KJV as prevail.

a primitive root; to overpower.

tâqaph in each stem

Qal (Pa'al) 3×

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

Imperfect (yiqtol) 3

תִּתְקְפֵ֣הוּ Job 14:20 Imperfect (yiqtol), 2nd person masculine singular

Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away. (KJV)

תִּ֝תְקְפֵ֗הוּ Job 15:24 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person feminine singular

Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle. (KJV)

יִתְקְפוֹ֙ Eccl 4:12 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine singular

And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken. (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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