Strong's Definition
properly, to scrape out, but in certain peculiar senses (of removal or association)
Derivation: or שָׂפַח; (Isaiah 3:17), a primitive root;
KJV Usage: abiding, gather together, cleave, smite with the scab.
TWOT Reference: 1532,1534
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
סָפַח (sa.phach) — to attach. 1) to join, attach to, join together 1a) (Qal) to join, attach to 1b) (Niphal) to attach oneself 1c) (Piel) joining (participle) 1d) (Pual) to be joined together, hold oneself together 1e) (Hithpael) to join oneself
שִׂפַּח (si.pach) — to scar. (Piel) to cause a scab upon, smite with scab
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · מִסְפַּחַת · מִסְפָּחָה · סַפַּחַת · סָפִיחַ
Associate | verb hit, verb nif | ≈ לוה
to attach oneself to, to cleave to, to unite with, to join = action by which humans join another group of humans
Associate | verb pu'al
to huddle together = actions by which humans group together in a certain location, probably in close proximity to one another
Bear | verb pi
Collocation: ספח חֵמָה
to mix in (God's) wrath literally: to attach wrath; hence: = action by which humans cause other humans to perform a certain action and so become deserving of (God's) wrath
Role | verb qal
to appoint, to assign = causative action by which humans in a position of authority give other humans a particular role or responsibility
1 HAB 2:15 MT | NIV "pouring" NJPS NRSV ESV "pour out" REB "outpouring" | RSV "of the cup" = מִסַּף
verb · מִשְׂפָּח
Impact | verb pi
to make scabby meaning unknown; possibly: = causative action by which deities cause part of people's bodies to be covered with crusts, possibly suggesting that they had been cut or wounded; ≈ associated with humiliation
verb · מִשְׂפָּח
Uncover | verb pi
to make bald meaning unknown; possibly: = causative action by which deities cause part of people's bodies to be no longer covered by either hair or clothes; ≈ associated with humiliation
1 ISA 3:17 RSV NRSV ESV "scab(s)" NIV CEV "sores" NJB "scabby" = [1a] | REB "baldness" GNT "shave" = [2a]
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[סָפַח] vb. join, attach to Qal attach me, pray, to one of the priest’s offices.
Niph. and they shall attach themselves to the house of Jacob
Pi. joining (to it?) thy fury
Pu. are joined together, hold themselves together
Hithp. they have driven me out from joining myself with the inheritance of י׳.
base
שִׂפַּח vb. Pi. denom. cause a scab upon, smite with scab;—Is 3:17 ref