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title: סְעִפִּים — division · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סְעִפִּים (5587), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: division. BDB 1906: n.f. division, divided opinion;. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סְעִפִּים

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«סְעִפִּים» in the Tanakh dictionary: **division** — 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:** 5587 · **BDB:** סְעִפָּה

### Glosses

crutches (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

division [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5587/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. division, divided opinion; [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5587/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. division, divided opinion;—pl. abs. עַל־שְׁתֵּי הַסְּעִפִּים 1 K 18:21 how long are ye limping on the two divided opinions (as on unequal legs; 𝔊 ταῖς ἰγνύαις seems an attempt to interpret the fig.; according to Albrecht ZAW xvi (1896) 75 ס׳ really = legs).

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סְעִפִּים» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5587/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Kings 18:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.18.21/)

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וַיִּגַּ֨שׁ אֵלִיָּ֜הוּ אֶל־כָּל־הָעָ֗ם וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ עַד־מָתַ֞י אַתֶּ֣ם פֹּסְחִים֮ עַל־שְׁתֵּ֣י הַסְּעִפִּים֒ אִם־יְהוָ֤ה הָֽאֱלֹהִים֙ לְכ֣וּ אַחֲרָ֔יו וְאִם־הַבַּ֖עַל לְכ֣וּ אַחֲרָ֑יו וְלֹֽא־עָנ֥וּ הָעָ֛ם אֹת֖וֹ דָּבָֽר׃

*Word for word:* and he.drew.near Elijah to all the people and he.said until when? \[will\].you \[be\].limping on the.two the crutches if Yahweh \[is\].(the) God walk after him and if (the) Baal walk after him and not they.answered the people him a.word

*JPS 1917:* And Elijah came near unto all the people, and said: 'How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow him.' And the people answered him not a word.

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