Word Study · Strong's H5596 · Hebrew
סָפַח
saphach
saw-fakh'
Strong's 1890 spelling: çâphach
“properly, to scrape out, but in certain peculiar senses (of removal or association)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
properly, to scrape out, but in certain peculiar senses (of removal or association)
Rendered in the KJV as
abiding, gather together, cleave, smite with the scab.
- 6occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 6inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 6 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 6
- וְנִסְפְּח֖וּ1
- וְשִׂפַּ֣ח1
- יְסֻפָּֽחוּ׃1
- מֵהִסְתַּפֵּ֜חַ1
- מְסַפֵּ֥חַ1
- סְפָחֵ֥נִי1
How it is rendered · 6
- [you are] pouring out1
- and he will make scabby1
- and they will attach themselves1
- attach me1
- from having a share1
- they are joined together1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 6
- Hc/VNq3cp1
- Hc/Vpq3ms1
- preposition + verb · reflexive (hithpael), infinitive (“to…”)1
- verb · intensive passive (pual), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural1
- verb · intensive (piel), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular1
- verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- Hc/VNq3cp · 1
- Hc/Vpq3ms · 1
- HR/Vtcc · 1
- HVPi3mp · 1
- HVprmsa · 1
- HVqv2ms/Sp1bs · 1
All 6, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
1 Samuel carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
1 Samuel2 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 2:36סְפָחֵ֥נִיsefacheniverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularAnd everyone left in your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver or a morsel of bread, pleading, “Please appoint me to some priestly office so that I can eat a piece of bread.”’”here: attach me
- 1 Samuel 26:19מֵהִסְתַּפֵּ֜חַmehistapeachpreposition + verb · reflexive (hithpael), infinitive (“to…”)Now please, may my lord the king hear the words of his servant: If the LORD has stirred you up against me, then may He accept an offering. But if men have done it, may they be cursed in the presence of the LORD! For today they have driven me away from sharing in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.’here: from having a share
Isaiah2 occurrences
- Isaiah 3:17וְשִׂפַּ֣חvesipachHc/Vpq3msthe Lord will bring sores on the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will make their foreheads bare.”here: and he will make scabby
- Isaiah 14:1וְנִסְפְּח֖וּvenispechuHc/VNq3cpFor the LORD will have compassion on Jacob; once again He will choose Israel and settle them in their own land. The foreigner will join them and unite with the house of Jacob.here: and they will attach themselves