Hebrew verb · H5606
סָפַק
saphaqsaw-fak'
to slap; to suffice
10 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: çâphaq
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H5606is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 39Old Testament books
- 10spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H5606
to clap the hands (in token of compact, derision, grief, indignation, or punishment); by implication of satisfaction, to be enough; by implication of excess, to vomit
The King James renders it: clap, smite, strike, suffice, wallow.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
saphaq is rendered "to slap; to suffice". It stands 10 times in the Hebrew text, across seven books.
- Three of the uses stand in Job, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to slap".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Numbers 24:10Then Balak’s anger burned against Balaam, and he struck his hands together and said to Balaam, “I summoned you to curse my enemies, but behold, you have persisted in blessing them these three times.
- The Greek text spells it ten different ways.
The first use
Then Balak’s anger burned against Balaam, and he struck his hands together and said to Balaam, “I summoned you to curse my enemies, but behold, you have persisted in blessing them these three times.
Numbers 24:10וַיִּסְפֹּ֖ק
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: to slap, and to suffice.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to slapStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereNumbers 24:10Then Balak’s anger burned against Balaam, and he struck his hands together and said to Balaam… |
| to sufficeStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- and he clapped1
- and it will splash1
- he claps1
- he slaps them1
- I slapped1
- it will suffice1
- slap1
- someone will clap1
- they clap hands1
- they have clapped1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 10, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
10 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- וַיִּסְפֹּ֖ק1
- וְסָפַ֤ק1
- יִסְפּ֑וֹק1
- יַשְׂפִּֽיקוּ׃1
- יִשְׂפֹּק֙1
- יִשְׂפֹּ֣ק1
- סְפֹ֥ק1
- סָֽפְק֨וּ1
- סְפָקָ֗ם1
- סָפַ֖קְתִּי1
The grammar of each form
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular3HVqi3ms
- Hc/Vqq3ms1Hc/Vqq3ms
- Hc/Vqw3ms1Hc/Vqw3ms
- verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural1HVhi3mp
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singular1HVqp1cs
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural1HVqp3cp
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1HVqp3ms/Sp3mp
- verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular1HVqv2ms
Numbers
one use
Then Balak’s anger burned against Balaam, and he struck his hands together and said to Balaam, “I summoned you to curse my enemies, but behold, you have persisted in blessing them these three times.
- וַיִּסְפֹּ֖קvaiyispokHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he clapped
1 Kings
one use
Then Ben-hadad sent another message to Ahab: “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if enough dust remains of Samaria for each of my men to have a handful.”
- יִשְׂפֹּק֙yispokverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will suffice
Job
three uses
It claps its hands at him and hisses him out of his place.
- יִשְׂפֹּ֣קyispokverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: someone will clap
He strikes them for their wickedness in full view,
- סְפָקָ֗םsefakamverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: he slaps them
For he adds rebellion to his sin; he claps his hands among us and multiplies his words against God.”
- יִסְפּ֑וֹקyispokverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he claps
Isaiah
one use
For You have abandoned Your people, the house of Jacob, because they are filled with influences from the east; they are soothsayers like the Philistines; they strike hands with the children of foreigners.
- יַשְׂפִּֽיקוּ׃yaspikuverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they clap hands
Jeremiah
two uses
After I returned, I repented; and after I was instructed, I struck my thigh in grief. I was ashamed and humiliated because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’
- סָפַ֖קְתִּיsafaktiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I slapped
“Make him drunk, because he has magnified himself against the LORD; so Moab will wallow in his own vomit, and he will also become a laughingstock.
- וְסָפַ֤קvesafakHc/Vqq3mstagged: and it will splash
Lamentations
one use
All who pass by clap their hands at you in scorn. They hiss and shake their heads at the Daughter of Jerusalem: “Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?”
- סָֽפְק֨וּsafekuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have clapped
Ezekiel
one use
Cry out and wail, O son of man, for the sword is wielded against My people; it is against all the princes of Israel! They are tossed to the sword with My people; therefore strike your thigh.
- סְפֹ֥קsefokverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: slap
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.