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title: סַף — Saph. Compare · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סַף (5593), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Saph. Compare. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סַף

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«סַף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Saph. Compare** — 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:** 5593 · **BDB:** סַף⁴

### Glosses

Saph (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Saph. Compare [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5593/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5593/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. a Philistine, 2 S 21:18 (𝔊 τὸν Σεφ(ε); 𝔊L τοὺς ἐπισυνηγμένους), = סִפַּי 1 Ch 20:4 (𝔊 τὸν Σαφουτ, A Σαφφι, 𝔊L Σαπφι).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (11 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (9 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סַף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5593/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 21:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.21.18/)

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וַֽיְהִי֙ אַֽחֲרֵי־כֵ֔ן וַתְּהִי־ע֧וֹד הַמִּלְחָמָ֛ה בְּג֖וֹב עִם־פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים אָ֣ז הִכָּ֗ה סִבְּכַי֙ הַחֻ֣שָׁתִ֔י אֶת־סַ֕ף אֲשֶׁ֖ר בִּילִדֵ֥י הָרָפָֽה׃פ

*Word for word:* and it.was after thus and it.was again (the) battle at Gob with \[the\].Philistines then he.struck.down Sibbecai the Hushathite (et) Saph who \[was\].among those.born of the.Raphah

*JPS 1917:* And it came to pass after this, that there was again war with the Philistines at Gob; then Sibbecai the Hushathite slew Saph, who was of the sons of the giant.

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