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title: סֵפֶל — bowl · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סֵפֶל (5602), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: bowl. BDB 1906: bowl. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סֵפֶל

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«סֵפֶל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **bowl** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 5602 · **BDB:** סֵ֫פֶל

### Glosses

a.bowl (1); the.bowl (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

bowl [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5602/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

bowl [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5602/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] bowl (√ unknown; perhaps foreign word; Assyrian saplu, bowl, basin (DlHWB 508 SchrCOT 2 K 9:2) \[occurs as object of tribute or plunder\]; NH = BH; 𝔗 סִיפְּלָא bowl, basin, ChrPal. Aramaic ܣܝܦܠܐ (wash-) basin SchwallyIdiot. 64; Arabic سِفْلٌ bowl, jar FlLevy NHWB iii. 320; Kl. Schr. ii. 556 f. is perhaps loan-word Frä67 f.);—abs. מְלֹא הַסּ׳ Ju 6:38; for drinking, cstr. סֵפֶל אַדִּירִים 5:25 a bowl of (fit for) nobles, huge bowl (GFM).

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סֵפֶל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5602/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Judges 5:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.5.25/)

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מַ֥יִם שָׁאַ֖ל חָלָ֣ב נָתָ֑נָה בְּסֵ֥פֶל אַדִּירִ֖ים הִקְרִ֥יבָה חֶמְאָֽה׃

*Word for word:* water he.asked milk she.gave in a.bowl of.nobles she.brought.near curd\[s\]

*JPS 1917:* Water he asked, milk she gave him; in a lordly bowl she brought him curd.

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[Judges 6:38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.6.38/)

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וַיְהִי־כֵ֕ן וַיַּשְׁכֵּם֙ מִֽמָּחֳרָ֔ת וַיָּ֖זַר אֶת־הַגִּזָּ֑ה וַיִּ֤מֶץ טַל֙ מִן־הַגִּזָּ֔ה מְל֥וֹא הַסֵּ֖פֶל מָֽיִם׃

*Word for word:* and it.was so and he.rose.early from.\[the\] next.day and he.squeezed.out (et) the fleece and he.drained dew from the fleece the.fullness of the.bowl water

*JPS 1917:* And it was so; for he rose up early on the morrow, and pressed the fleece together, and wrung dew out of the fleece, a bowlful of water.

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