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title: סָפִיחַ — outpouring · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סָפִיחַ (5599), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: outpouring. BDB 1906: outpouring. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סָפִיחַ

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«סָפִיחַ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **outpouring** — 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:** 5599 · **BDB:** סָפִיחַ

### Glosses

overflowings (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

outpouring [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5599/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

outpouring [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5599/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] outpouring (?);—pl. sf. תִּשְׁטֹף־סְפִיחֶיהָ עֲפַר־אָ֑רֶץ Jb 14:19 (si vera l.) its outpourings sweep away the dust of the earth, so most, but dub.; Bu proposes \*סְחִיפָה, cf. מָטָר סֹחֵף Pr 28:3.

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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 (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סָפִיחַ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5599/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 14:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.14.19/)

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אֲבָנִ֤ים ׀ שָׁ֥חֲקוּ מַ֗יִם תִּשְׁטֹֽף־סְפִיחֶ֥יהָ עֲפַר־אָ֑רֶץ וְתִקְוַ֖ת אֱנ֣וֹשׁ הֶאֱבַֽדְתָּ׃

*Word for word:* stones they.rub.away waters it.washes.off overflowings its \[the\].dust of.\[the\].earth and.\[the\] hope of.humankind you.destroy

*JPS 1917:* The waters wear the stones; the overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth; so Thou destroyest the hope of man.

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