--- title: סָפָה — sweep away · The Tanakh dictionary description: סָפָה (5595), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 17 times: sweep away. BDB 1906: vb. sweep snatch away, catch up. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5595.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [ס](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1505-2.md)‎ / סָפָה‎ # סָפָה «סָפָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **sweep away** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 17 times · **Key:** 5595 · **BDB:** סָפָה ### Glosses you.should.be.swept.away (3); I.will.be.swept.away (1); I.will.catch.up (1) ### Meaning (OSHB) sweep away [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5595/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) vb. sweep snatch away, catch up [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5595/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** vb. sweep or snatch away, catch up (NH ספי, סָפָא collect (rare), 𝔊 סְפִי (rare), Syriac ܣܦܳܐ collect, pick up; Arabic سَفَا of wind, raise dust and carry it away Lane1377 \[v. שָׁפָה\]);— intrans.: Pf. 3 fs. סָֽפְתָה Je 12:4 be snatched away (read poss. סָ֫פָה \[סוף\]). trans.: Impf. 3 fs. תִּסְפֶּה Is 7:20 sweep away beard; 2 ms. תִּסְפֶּה Gn 18:23, 24 sweep away indiscriminately (good and bad); Inf. cstr. סְפוֹת Dt 29:18 to snatch away the moist with the dry (proverb. expression, cf. Dr), sf. לִסְפּוֹתָהּ ψ 40:15 to snatch it away.—סְפוֹת Nu 32:14; Is 30:1 v. יסף; וְסָפ֫וּ Am 3:15 v. סוף. Pf. 3 ms. וְנִסְפָּה consec. 1 S 26:10; Impf. 2 ms. תִּסָּפֶה Gn 19:15, 17; 1 s. אֶסָּפֶה 1 S 27:1; 2 mpl. תִּסָּפוּ Nu 16:26, תִּסָּפ֑וּ 1 S 12:25; Pt. נִסְפֶּה Is 13:15; Pr 13:23 (1 Ch 21:12 v. infr.);— be swept away, destroyed, Gn 19:15 (בַּעֲוֹן הָעִיר by reason of the iniquity of the city), v 17 (both J), Nu 16:26 (JE) 1 S 12:25; 26:10 (in battle), + בְּיַד of agent 1 S 27:1; cf. וְיֵשׁ נִסְפֶּה בְּלֹא מִשְׁפָּט Pr 13:23 and there is that is swept away for lack of justice.—1 Ch 21:12 read נוּסְךָ (as ‖ 2 S 24:13, v. נוּס). be caught up, captured, Is 13:15 (‖ נִמְצָא). Impf. 1 s. אַסְפֶּה עָלֵימוֹ רָעוֹת Dt 32:23 I will catch up against them calamities, but read אֹסְפָה I will gather (√ אסף), or אֹסִפָה (Di Dr Buhl Lex 13) I will add, i.e. multiply (√ יסף; v. Ges§ 69 h, note). Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 17 of its verses cited, 4 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (4 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «סָפָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5595/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Deuteronomy 32:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.32.23/) אַסְפֶּ֥ה עָלֵ֖ימוֹ רָע֑וֹת חִצַּ֖י אֲכַלֶּה־בָּֽם׃ *Word for word:* I.will.catch.up on them calamities arrows my I.will.use.up on them *JPS 1917:* I will heap evils upon them; I will spend Mine arrows upon them; [1 Samuel 12:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.12.25/) וְאִם־הָרֵ֖עַ תָּרֵ֑עוּ גַּם־אַתֶּ֥ם גַּֽם־מַלְכְּכֶ֖ם תִּסָּפֽוּ׃פ *Word for word:* and if still.(do.evil) you.will.do.evil both you as.well.as king your you.will.be.swept.away *JPS 1917:* But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be swept away, both ye and your king.' - ← previous: [סָפַד](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5594.md) - next →: [סָפַח](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5596.md) - ↑ back to [ס](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1505-2.md)