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title: סוּף — come to an end · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סוּף (5486), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: come to an end. BDB 1906: vb. come to an end, cease. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סוּף

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«סוּף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **come to an end** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 7 times · **Key:** 5486 · **BDB:** סוּף

### Glosses

I.will.bring.to.an.end (3); I (1); it.will.come.to.an.end (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

come to an end [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5486/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. come to an end, cease [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5486/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. come to an end, cease (𝔗 סוּף, Syriac (ܣܘܦ) ܣܳܦ, cease, stop (often), 𝔗 סוֹפָא, Syriac ܣܽܘܦܳܐ, NH סוֹף end);— Pf. 3 pl. סָ֫פוּ ψ 73:19, וְסָפ֫וּ consec. Am 3:15; Impf. 3 ms. יָסוּף Est 9:28; 3 mpl. יָסֻ֫פוּ Is 66:17;—come to an end Am 3:15 Is 66:17 ψ 73:19 (+ תַּמּוּ), וְזִכְרָם לֹא־יָסוּף מִזַּרְעָם Est 9:28. make an end of, only (if text correct) Impf. 1 s. (+ Inf. abs. אָסֹף, chosen for assonance, v. אסף), cohort. = juss. in form, אָסֹף אָסֵף Zp 1:2, אָסֵף v 3, 3, אָסֹף אֲסִיפֵם Je 8:13 (on these forms v. Gf Bö§ 988, 1 Köi. 445, 446); but read perhaps, for אָסֵף, אֶאֱסֹף, We Buhl Lex 13, or אֹסֵף, Ges§§ 72 aa, 113 w n. 3 Now Zp 1:2, and in Je אָסֹף אֹסְפֵם Gesl.c. (against Gie v. Hi).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (11 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (9 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סוּף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5486/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 73:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.73.19/)

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אֵ֤יךְ הָי֣וּ לְשַׁמָּ֣ה כְרָ֑גַע סָ֥פוּ תַ֝֗מּוּ מִן־בַּלָּהֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* how! they.have.become (into).a waste like a.moment they.come.to.an.end they.are.finished from sudden.terror(s)

*JPS 1917:* How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are wholly consumed by terrors.

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[Zephaniah 1:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEP.1.2/)

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אָסֹ֨ף אָסֵ֜ף כֹּ֗ל מֵעַ֛ל פְּנֵ֥י הָאֲדָמָ֖ה נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* utterly.(destroy) I.will.bring.to.an.end everything from on the.surface of the.ground the.utterance of.Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* I will utterly consume all things from off the face of the earth, saith the LORD.

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