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title: סָחַף — prostrate · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סָחַף (5502), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: prostrate. BDB 1906: vb. prostrate. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סָחַף

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«סָחַף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **prostrate** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 5502 · **BDB:** סָחַף

### Glosses

\[which\].prostrates (1); will.he.be.prostrated (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

prostrate [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5502/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. prostrate [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5502/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. prostrate (NH סחף, Aramaic סְחַף, ܣܚܰܦ (for ἐδαφίζω, Lk 19:44); Assyrian saḫâpu, throw down, overwhelm);— Pf. מָטָר סֹחֵף Pr 28:3 a prostrating rain (beating down grain), וְאֵין לָ֑חֶם and (so) there is no bread. Pf. 3 ms. נִסְחַף אַבִּירֶיךָ Je 46:15 why are thy mighty ones (or, why is thy bull, i.e. Apis, Hi Ew Gf) prostrated? but read perhaps נָס חָף אַבִּירְךָ לֹא עָמַד (𝔊 Mich Gie Co) why hath Apis fled, thy bull doth not stand?

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סָחַף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5502/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 28:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.28.3/)

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גֶּ֣בֶר רָ֭שׁ וְעֹשֵׁ֣ק דַּלִּ֑ים מָטָ֥ר סֹ֝חֵ֗ף וְאֵ֣ין לָֽחֶם׃

*Word for word:* a.man poor and \[one.who\].oppresses poor.\[people\] rain \[which\].prostrates and there.\[is\].not food

*JPS 1917:* A poor man that oppresseth the weak is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.

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[Jeremiah 46:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.46.15/)

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מַדּ֖וּעַ נִסְחַ֣ף אַבִּירֶ֑יךָ לֹ֣א עָמַ֔ד כִּ֥י יְהוָ֖ה הֲדָפֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* why? will.he.be.prostrated your.mighty \[ones\] not he.will.stand (dm) Yahweh he will.drive.him.out

*JPS 1917:* Why is thy strong one overthrown? He stood not, because the LORD did thrust him down.

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