ra.phas denotes a forceful stamping or pressing action, explicitly urged in Proverbs 6:3.

The attested use points to forceful stamping or pressing: Proverbs 6:3 gives the action as an urgent imperative, while Psalm 68:31 has a participial form whose specific contribution is not isolated by the translation.

1. Forceful stamping or pressing · dominant

   In Proverbs 6:3, the Hithpael imperative addresses a single male in the instruction to rescue himself; the APB renders the clause, “Go, stamp firmly, and be assertive toward your neighbor.” In Psalm 68:31, the Hithpael masculine singular participle occurs in a verse the APB renders about nobles from Egypt and Cush stretching out hands to God, so its precise English counterpart is not clear from the translation.

   Proverbs 6:3Psalm 68:31

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly renders the Proverbs 6:3 clause “stamp firmly.” In Psalm 68:31, its translation gives the verse’s movement from Egypt and Cush without an identifiable English counterpart for the participle.