Words the Bible translates as lean
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 5 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- samakhסָמַךְto press one's weight onto something or someone: to lean on it, lay a hand firmly on it, or hold it up
- sha'anשָׁעַןto lean on a support, and so to rely on someone or something for security
- daqדַּקthin or fine: reduced to almost nothing, whether in thickness, in the size of its particles, or in the strength of a sound
- razehרָזֶהleannot studied yet
- raphaqרָפַקto lean on someone: to rest your weight against a person you are close to and walk beside.
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