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title: סָעַף — lop off boughs · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סָעַף (5586), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: lop off boughs. BDB 1906: vb.Pi.denom. lop off boughs. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סָעַף

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«סָעַף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **lop off boughs** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 5586 · **BDB:** סֵעֵף

### Glosses

\[is\].about.to.lop.off (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

lop off boughs [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5586/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb.Pi.denom. lop off boughs [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5586/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb.Pi.denom. lop off boughs;—Pt. מְסָעֵף פֻּארָה Is 10:33 י׳ … shall lop off (the) crown of branches.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סָעַף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5586/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 10:33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.10.33/)

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הִנֵּ֤ה הָאָדוֹן֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת מְסָעֵ֥ף פֻּארָ֖ה בְּמַעֲרָצָ֑ה וְרָמֵ֤י הַקּוֹמָה֙ גְּדוּעִ֔ים וְהַגְּבֹהִ֖ים יִשְׁפָּֽלוּ׃

*Word for word:* there! the lord Yahweh of.hosts \[is\].about.to.lop.off bough\[s\] with a.crash and the.exalted.\[ones\] of.(the) height \[will.be\].cut.down and the.tall \[ones\] they.will.become.low

*JPS 1917:* Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop the boughs with terror; and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the lofty shall be laid low.

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