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title: סוֹף — end · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סוֹף (5490), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: end. BDB 1906: n.m. end. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סוֹף

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«סוֹף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **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:** 5 times · **Key:** 5490 · **BDB:** סוֹף

### Glosses

end (2); \[is\].the.end (1); \[the\].end (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

end [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5490/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. end [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5490/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ec 7:2 end, late synon. of קֵץ;—ס׳ abs. Ec 3:11, cstr. 2 Ch 20:16 + 2 times; sf. סֹפוֹ Jo 2:26;—end of wady 2 Ch 20:16, of invading swarm Jo 2:20; of God’s work מֵרֹאשׁ וְעַד־סוֹף Ec 3:11; death as end of all men 7:2; = conclusion, sum of instruction 12:13. Cf. Biblical Aramaic.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (11 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (9 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סוֹף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5490/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ecclesiastes 12:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.12.13/)

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ס֥וֹף דָּבָ֖ר הַכֹּ֣ל נִשְׁמָ֑ע אֶת־הָאֱלֹהִ֤ים יְרָא֙ וְאֶת־מִצְוֺתָ֣יו שְׁמ֔וֹר כִּי־זֶ֖ה כָּל־הָאָדָֽם׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].end of.\[the\].matter (the) everything it.has.been.heard (et) (the) God fear and (et) commandments his keep (dm) this \[is\].all (the) humankind

*JPS 1917:* The end of the matter, all having been heard: fear God, and keep His commandments; for this is the whole man.

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[2 Chronicles 20:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.20.16/)

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מָחָר֙ רְד֣וּ עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם הִנָּ֥ם עֹלִ֖ים בְּמַעֲלֵ֣ה הַצִּ֑יץ וּמְצָאתֶ֤ם אֹתָם֙ בְּס֣וֹף הַנַּ֔חַל פְּנֵ֖י מִדְבַּ֥ר יְרוּאֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* tomorrow go.down on them there they \[will.be\].coming.up on the.ascent of.(the) Ziz and you.will.find them at the.end of the.wadi the.face of.the.wilderness of.Jeruel

*JPS 1917:* To-morrow go ye down against them; behold, they come up by the ascent of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the valley, before the wilderness of Jeruel.

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