סָפַח

Strong’s Definition

properly, to scrape out, but in certain peculiar senses (of removal or association)

Etymology & Derivation

or שָׂפַח; (Isaiah 3:17), a primitive root;

KJV Usage

abiding, gather together, cleave, smite with the scab.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.to join, attach to, join together
• 2.(qal) to join, attach to
• 3.(niphal) to attach oneself
• 4.(piel) joining (participle)
• 5.(piel) to cause a scab upon, smite with scab
• 6.(pual) to be joined together, hold oneself together
• 7.(hithpael) to join oneself

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: çâphach; Pronunciation: saw-fakh'