סָפַק
çâphaq · saw-fak'
to clap the hands (in token of compact, derision, grief, indignation, or punishment); by implication of satisfaction, to be enough; by implication of excess, to vomit
Lexicon
Derivation: or שָׂפַק; (1 Kings 20:10; Job 27:23; Isaiah 2:6), a primitive root;
to clap the hands (in token of compact, derision, grief, indignation, or punishment); by implication of satisfaction, to be enough; by implication of excess, to vomit
- to clap the hands (in token of compact, derision, grief, indignation, or punishment)
- by implication, of satisfaction, to be enough
- by implication, of excess, to vomit
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: clap, smite, strike, suffice, wallow.
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
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to support and uphold › to speak, the word › what comes behind, the returning cycle
To support and uphold that works to speak, the word of what comes behind, the returning cycle.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of סָפַק 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
10 occurrences · 10 OT · 0 NT · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and he smote1 · 9%
- together1 · 9%
- shall suffice1 · 9%
- men shall clap1 · 9%
- he striketh1 · 9%
- he clappeth1 · 9%
- and they please1 · 9%
- i smote1 · 9%
- also shall wallow1 · 9%
- by clap1 · 9%
- smite1 · 9%
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.