Strong's Lexicon

H5596

H5596 — סָפַח שָׂפַח

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

Hebrewcaphachverb-stemOccurrences: 6TWOT: 1532

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H5596
Word:	סָפַח שָׂפַח
Part of Speech:	verb-stem
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	6
Transliteration:	caphach
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	saw-fakh' (or saphach (Isaiah 3) v.
Meaning:	1. (properly) to scrape out, but in certain peculiar senses (of removal or association)
KJV Renderings:	abiding, gather together, cleave, smite with the scab.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB5671

I. [סָפח] verb join, attach to; —

Qal Imperative masculine singular suffix׳ סְפָחֵ֫נִי נָא אֶלוֿגו 1Sam 2:36 attach me, pray, to one of the priest's offices.

Niph`al Perfect 3 plural וְנִסְפְּחוּ עַלֿ consecutive Isa 14:1 and they shall attach themselves to the house of Jacob (|| נִלְוָה).

Pi`el Participle מְסַפֵּהַ חֲסָֽתְךָ Hab 2:15 joining (to it ?) thy fury, but read probably מִסַּף (ח dittograph) from the goblet of thy fury (so We Gr Now GASm Da).

Pu`al Imperfect 3 masculine plural יְסֻפָּ֑חוּ Job 30:7 are joined together, hold themselves together (yet read perhaps Niph`al יִסָּפֵ֑חוּ Bu).

Hithpa`el Infinitive construct מֵהִסְתַּפֵּחַ 1Sam 26:19 they have driven me out from joining myself with (בְּ) the inheritance of ׳ י.

BDB5679

שִׂפַּח verb

Pi`el denominative cause a scab upon, smite with scab (שׂ substantive for ס); — וְשִׂפַּה אֲדֹנָי ׳ קָדְקָד וגו (consecutive) Isa 3:17 and Adonay shall smite with scab the crown of the daughters of Zion.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke