Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
| Strong's Number: | H5606 |
|---|---|
| Word: | סָפַק שָׂפַק |
| Part of Speech: | verb-stem |
| Etymology: | a primitive root |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 10 |
| Transliteration: | caphaq |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | saw-fak' (or saphaq (1 Kings 20) v. |
| Meaning: | 1. to clap the hands (in token of compact, derision, grief, indignation, or punishment) 2. (by implication) of satisfaction, to be enough 3. (by implication) of excess, to vomit |
| KJV Renderings: | clap, smite, strike, suffice, wallow. |
Strong's is an index and starting point, not the final meaning of a word. Do not build doctrine from a gloss, root, or number. Test meaning by sentence, grammar, authorial usage, context, and the passage argument.
II. [שָׂפַק] verb suffice (Late Hebrew סָפַק suffice, abound, so Ecclus 15:18 +; ᵑ7 סְפֵיק, סְפַק, Syriac [untranscribed source text 5316]; Arabic [untranscribed source text 5317] is be niggardly, scanty, Lane1573); —
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
