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title: סָפַף — stand at · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סָפַף (5605), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: stand at. BDB 1906: vb. denom. Hithpôʿ stand at guard, the threshold. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סָפַף

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«סָפַף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **stand at** — 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:** 5605 · **BDB:** ספף²

### Glosses

to.stand.at.the.threshold (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

stand at [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5605/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. denom. Hithpôʿ stand at guard, the threshold [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5605/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. denom. Hithpôʿ. stand at, or guard, the threshold;—Inf. cstr. בָּחַ֫רְתִּי הִסְתּוֹפֵף בְּבֵית אֱלֹהַי ψ 84:11 I choose standing at the threshold in the house of my God.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses (2 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 «סָפַף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5605/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 84:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.84.11/)

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כִּ֤י טֽוֹב־י֥וֹם בַּחֲצֵרֶ֗יךָ מֵ֫אָ֥לֶף בָּחַ֗רְתִּי הִ֭סְתּוֹפֵף בְּבֵ֣ית אֱלֹהַ֑י מִ֝דּ֗וּר בְּאָהֳלֵי־רֶֽשַׁע׃

*Word for word:* (dm) \[is\].good a.day in courts your more than.a.thousand I.have.chosen to.stand.at.the.threshold in the.house my.God my more than.to.dwell in.\[the\] tents of.wickedness

*JPS 1917:* For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand; I had rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

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