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title: סִפֻּן — ceiling · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סִפֻּן (5604), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: ceiling. BDB 1906: ceiling. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סִפֻּן

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«סִפֻּן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **ceiling** — 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:** 5604 · **BDB:** סִפֻּן

### Glosses

the.ceiling (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

ceiling [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5604/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

ceiling [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5604/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] ceiling;—abs. הַסּ׳ 1 K 6:15.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סִפֻּן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5604/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Kings 6:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.6.15/)

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וַיִּבֶן֩ אֶת־קִיר֨וֹת הַבַּ֤יִת מִבַּ֙יְתָה֙ בְּצַלְע֣וֹת אֲרָזִ֔ים מִקַּרְקַ֤ע הַבַּ֙יִת֙ עַד־קִיר֣וֹת הַסִּפֻּ֔ן צִפָּ֥ה עֵ֖ץ מִבָּ֑יִת וַיְצַ֛ף אֶת־קַרְקַ֥ע הַבַּ֖יִת בְּצַלְע֥וֹת בְּרוֹשִֽׁים׃

*Word for word:* and he.built (et) the.walls of the.house from inside with boards of.cedar(s) from the.floor of the.house to the.walls of the.ceiling he.overlaid wood from inside and he.overlaid (et) the.floor of the.house with boards of.cypresses

*JPS 1917:* And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar; from the floor of the house unto the joists of the ceiling, he covered them on the inside with wood; and he covered the floor of the house with boards of cypress.

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