שְׁפִי
shᵉphîy · shef-ee'
bareness; concretely, a bare hill or plain
Lexicon
Derivation: from H8192 (שָׁפָה);
bareness; concretely, a bare hill or plain
- bareness
- concretely, a bare hill or plain
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: high place, stick out.
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- 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 consume, to destroy › to speak, the word › the hand that works
To consume, to destroy that works to speak, the word of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שְׁפִי 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
9 occurrences · 9 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- to an high place1 · 10%
- stick out1 · 10%
- in high places1 · 10%
- shall be in all high places1 · 10%
- unto the high places1 · 10%
- upon the high places1 · 10%
- of the high places1 · 10%
- on high places1 · 10%
- upon all high places1 · 10%
- in the high places1 · 10%
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.