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שָׁטַף verb overflow, rinse or wash off (Late Hebrew id., so Jewish-Aramaic שְׁטַף; Assyrian š atâpu , overflow, Arabic [untranscribed source text 5508] id., Cuche); —
Qal
Perfect 3 masculine singular ׳
שׁ
Isa 8:8 +, etc.;
Imperfect 3 masculine singular וַיִּשְׁטֹף
1Kgs 22:38,
etc.; Participle
שׁוֺטֵף
Isa 10:22 +,
plural שֹׁטְפִים
Isa 28:2 —
1.
overflow, of river Isa 8:8; Jer 47:2a (see
נַחַל
),
Dan 11:10; Dan 11:40, all figurative of invading army, compare Isa 28:15 (qy. by
StaThLz, Apr. 1894, 235,
Du
Marti read שׁוֺט שֹׁטֵט), Isa 28:18 (see
שׁוֺט
), also (simile of ׳
י in judgment) Isa 28:2 (מַיִם), Isa 30:28, of judicial destruction,
שׁוֺטֵף צְדָקָה
Isa 10:22
with accusative of land Jer 47:2b, person (figurative) Isa 43:2 (נְהָרוֺת), Ps 69:3 (
שִׁבֹּלֶת), Ps 69:16 (מִיִם
׳
שׁ), Ps 124:4 (מַיִם), compare Isa 28:17; Song 8:7
גֶּשֶׁם
שׁוֺטֵף
flooding rain (of ׳
י's judgement) Ezek 11:11; Ezek 11:13; Ezek 38:22
נַחַל שׁוֺטֵף
Isa 66:12
, simile, in good sense. — Abs. Dan 11:26 see
Niph`al — figurative of dashing, rushing horse,
בַּמִּלְחָמָה
׳
כְּסוּס שׁוֺ
Jer 8:6.
2.
flow, run, literal of נַחַל
Ps
78:20;
2Chr 32:4.
3. literally, rinse or wash off, with
accusative of thing washed 1Kgs 22:38, יָדָיו
בַּמָּ֑יִם
Lev 15:11
(
P
); of stain Ezek 16:9 (מֵעָלַיִךְ; || רָחַץ);
עֲפַראָֿ֑רֶץ
Job
14:19.
Niph`al
Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִשָּׁטֵף בַּמַּיִם
Lev 15:12
be rinsed out, off (
P
; of wooden vessel); 3 masculine plural יִשָּֽׁטְפוּ מִלְּפָנָיו
Dan
11:22
be swept away (defeated), read probably יִשָּׁטֵף (for
יִשְׁטֹף), also Dan 11:26 (compare Dr).
Pu`al
Perfect 3 masculine singular וּמֹרַק וְּשֻׁטַּף בַּמָּ֑יִם
Lev 6:21
(
P
) it shall be scoured and rinsed.