Strong's Lexicon

H5592

H5592 — סַף

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewcaphnoun mascOccurrences: 32TWOT: 1538a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H5592
Word:	סַף
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	from H5605, in its original sense of containing
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	32
Transliteration:	caph
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	saf
Meaning:	1. a vestibule (as a limit) 2. also a dish (for holding blood or wine)
KJV Renderings:	bason, bowl, cup, door (post), gate, post, threshold.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB5687

I. סַף noun masculine basin, goblet (Late Hebrew סַף; Phoenician סף (Inscription of Tyre^{(1), 5, 6}) Schröd^{ZMG xxxix (1886), 317 f.} ClGann^{Annales du Musée Guimet x. 511 = Recuell d'arch. orient.(1886),
89} Hal^{RŠJ xii.107} Bloch; but Lzb³³⁰ door-sill); — ׳ ס absolutebasin Exod 12:22 (twice in verse) ( J ; containing blood of passover lamb); construct סַףרַֿעַל Zech 12:2 goblet of reeling (intoxicating, figurative), probably also Hab 2:15, where read מִסַּף חֲמָֽתְךָ from the goblet of thy fury (for ᵑ0 ׳ מְסַפֵּחַ ח, see I. ספח ); plural absolute סַפּוֺת 2Sam 17:28 basins for ordinary use; הַסִּפִּים Jer 52:19, הַסִפּוֺת 1Kgs 7:50 and construct סִפּוֺת כֶּסֶף 2Kgs 12:14, of temple utensils.

BDB5688

II. סַף noun masculine^{Amos 9:1} threshold, sill (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician see Lzb¹. סַף; Aramaic סִפָּא, [untranscribed source text 3644] Arabic sippu Dl^{509, all} id.); — absolute ׳ ס 2Kgs 12:10 +, also הַסָּ֑ף Judg 19:27 + 3 t. (Baer Ginsb), הַסָּ֑ף 2Kgs 25:8 suffix סִפִּי Ezek 43:8, סִפָּם Ezek 43:8 plural סִפִּים Amos 9:1; Isa 6:4 + 6 t. Ezra, Chronicles; — threshold, sill Judg 19:27; Amos 9:1; Isa 6:4; Ezek 41:16 (twice in verse); Ezek 43:8 (twice in verse); 2Chr 3:7, הַבַּיִת ׳ ס 1Kgs 14:17, הַשַּׁעַר ׳ ס Ezek 40:6; Ezek 40:7, compare Ezek 40:6 b שֹׁמֵרֹ הַסַּף = door-keeper, an important temple official, Jer 35:4, so ׳ שֹׁמְרֵי הַסּ 2Kgs 12:10 (priests), 2Kgs 22:4 = 2Chr 34:9 (Levites!), 2Kgs 23:4; 2Kgs 25:18 = Jer 52:24 in Persia, of palace Esth 2:21; Esth 6:2 of tabernacle הַסִּפִּים ׳ שׁ 1Chr 9:19 שֹׁעֲרֵי ׳ הַסּ 2Chr 23:4 (Levites), ׳ שֹׁעֲרִים בַּסּ 1Chr 9:22 collective חֹרֶב בַּסָּ֑ף Zeph 2:14 desolation in the thresholds.

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Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
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