עָטַף I, of Arab. ʿaṭafa, a. ʿaṭaba) to be lax, hang down; trnsf. to droop, faint; to lag behind, be slow. Midr. Till. to Ps. LXI, 3 עד חיכן … עד שיַעֲטוֹף (ed. Bub. עד שיע׳ לבו) how long must a man remain in prayer? Until he (his heart) is faint. Midr. Till. to Ps. LXXIII, 6 ואין יעטוף אלא לשון לידה ed. Bub. (oth. ed. אלא ילוד) yaʿăṭof (ib.) has the meaning of (drooping) giving birth (by homiletical ref. to Gen. XXX, 42). Midr. Till. to Ps. CII, 1 ואין יעטוף אלא תפלה yaʿăṭof (ib.) means (exhaustion from) prayer (differ. in ed. Bub., v. עֲטִיפָה I. Gen. R. s. 24 (ref. to Is. LVII, 16) מהו יעטוף משלהי ליה what does yaʿăṭof mean? It (the wind) becomes wearied; Yalk. Kings 219; Y. Ber. IX, 13ᵈ top; a. e.