Lexicon
מַפְרֶקֶת
miph.re.qet
H4665
H:N-F Hebrew

neck

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miph.re.qet denotes the neck as the body part broken when a man falls backward.

The attested use identifies the neck as the body part broken after a backward fall in 1 Samuel 4:18.

Senses in use

  1. Neck broken in a fatal fall · dominant

    In 1 Samuel 4:18, the feminine singular construct form occurs in the clause describing a man who falls backward and dies; the APB renders the outcome, “his neck was broken.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In 1 Samuel 4:18, the APB presents the relevant clause as “his neck was broken.” This identifies the verse-level presentation rather than a precise one-to-one rendering.

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