--- title: סוּף — be fulfilled · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary description: סוּף (lemma:סוּף), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 2 times: be fulfilled. BDB 1906: vb. be fulfilled ended Qal. 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BH);— Pf. 3 fs. מִלְּתָא סָ֫פַת Dn 4:30 (cf. BH I. כָּלָה Qal 1 c). put an end to: Impf. 3 fs. תָּסֵף Dn 2:44 (acc. rei). ### Jastrow 1903 סוּף II: to cut; to be cut off; to end to cut, diminish; to exterminate Part. pass left to the end, ripening late to be late in ripening, to be left on the tree beyond cutting time [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1505/lemma_3a_5e1_5d5_5bc_5e3/#m3) **The whole Jastrow entry:** (b. h.) to cut; to be cut off; to end. Tanḥ. B’resh. 12 וסָפָה הטובים וכ׳ and destroys the good and the bad. to cut, diminish; to exterminate (corresp. to b. h. כִּלָּה). Gen. R. s. 100 מי יכול לסַיֵּיף וכ׳ who can annihilate the dust?… the beasts of the field? \&c. Gen. R. s. 42 מה אתה הולך ומְסַיֵּיף את עצמך וכ׳ Var. in Yalk. ib. 73 for מסרס (ed. מסיים) why wilt thou reduce (weaken) thyself among thy enemies? (v.Tanḥ. Tanḥ. Vayera 3).—Part. pass. מְסוּיָּיף (denom. of סוֹף); f. pl. מְסוּיָּיפוֹת left to the end, ripening late; opp. בַּכִּיר, בִּכּוּרָה. Y. Dem. I, beg. 21ᶜ הבכירות והמס׳ (Tosef. ib. I, 3 הבכורות והסייפות). Y. Shebi. IV, end, 35ᶜ; a. fr. to be late in ripening, to be left on the tree beyond cutting time. Y. Dem. I, beg., 21ᶜ נִסְתַּיְּיפוּ וכ׳, v. סוֹף a. סוֹפֶת. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (15 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «סוּף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1505/lemma_3a_5e1_5d5_5bc_5e3/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Daniel 2:44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.44/) וּֽבְיוֹמֵיה֞וֹן דִּ֧י מַלְכַיָּ֣א אִנּ֗וּן יְקִים֩ אֱלָ֨הּ שְׁמַיָּ֤א מַלְכוּ֙ דִּ֤י לְעָלְמִין֙ לָ֣א תִתְחַבַּ֔ל וּמַ֨לְכוּתָ֔ה לְעַ֥ם אָחֳרָ֖ן לָ֣א תִשְׁתְּבִ֑ק תַּדִּ֤ק וְתָסֵיף֙ כָּל־אִלֵּ֣ין מַלְכְוָתָ֔א וְהִ֖יא תְּק֥וּם לְעָלְמַיָּֽא׃ *Word for word:* and in days their (diy).of the kings those he.will.set.up the.God of the.heavens a.kingdom which forever not it.will.be.destroyed and the kingdom to a.people another not it.will.be.left it.will.shatter and it.will.put.an.end.to all these the kingdoms and it it.will.endure for (the) ever *JPS 1917:* And in the days of those kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed; nor shall the kingdom be left to another people; it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, but it shall stand for ever. [Daniel 4:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.30/) בַּהּ־שַׁעֲתָ֗א מִלְּתָא֮ סָ֣פַת עַל־נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר֒ וּמִן־אֲנָשָׁ֣א טְרִ֔יד וְעִשְׂבָּ֤א כְתוֹרִין֙ יֵאכֻ֔ל וּמִטַּ֥ל שְׁמַיָּ֖א גִּשְׁמֵ֣הּ יִצְטַבַּ֑ע עַ֣ד דִּ֥י שַׂעְרֵ֛הּ כְּנִשְׁרִ֥ין רְבָ֖ה וְטִפְר֥וֹהִי כְצִפְּרִֽין׃ *Word for word:* at it the moment the word it.was.fulfilled on Nebuchadnezzar and away.from (the) humankind he.was.chased and (the) grass like oxen he.ate and from the.dew of the.heavens body his it.became.wet until that hair his like eagles it.grew.long and nails his \[were\].like birds *JPS 1917:* The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar; and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hair was grown like eagles' feathers, and his nails like birds' claws. - ← previous: [סוֹף](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5e1_5d5_5b9_5e3.md) - next →: [סְלֵק](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5e1_5b0_5dc_5b5_5e7.md) - ↑ back to [ס](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/1505.md)