סִפַּי
Çippay · sip-pah'-ee
Sippai, a Philistine
Lexicon
Derivation: from H5592 (סַף); bason-like;
Sippai, a Philistine
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Sippai. Compare H5593 (סַף).
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
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to support and uphold › to speak, the word › the hand that works
To support and uphold that works to speak, the word of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of סִפַּי 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
1 occurrences · 1 OT · 0 NT · 1 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- sippai1 · 100%
Where it is used, by book.
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.