סָעִיף
çâʻîyph · saw-eef'
a fissure (of rocks); also a bough (as subdivided)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H5586 (סָעַף);
a fissure (of rocks); also a bough (as subdivided)
- a fissure (of rocks)
- also, a bough (as subdivided)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (outmost) branch, clift, top.
Letters
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to support and uphold › to see and know › the hand that works › to speak, the word
To support and uphold that works to see and know of the hand that works that works to speak, the word.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of סָעִיף above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- in the top1 · 17%
- to the top1 · 17%
- and into the tops1 · 17%
- branches1 · 17%
- the branches1 · 17%
- under the clifts1 · 17%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.