סָפַח
çâphach · saw-fakh'
properly, to scrape out, but in certain peculiar senses (of removal or association)
Lexicon
Derivation: or שָׂפַח; (Isaiah 3:17), a primitive root;
properly, to scrape out, but in certain peculiar senses (of removal or association)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: abiding, gather together, cleave, smite with the scab.
Letters
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to support and uphold › to speak, the word › to separate and protect
To support and uphold that works to speak, the word that works to separate and protect.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of סָפַח 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.
- put1 · 17%
- from abiding1 · 17%
- they were gathered together1 · 17%
- will smite with a scab1 · 17%
- with them, and they shall cleave1 · 17%
- that puttest1 · 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.