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title: סָפַק — slap · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סָפַק (5606), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: slap. BDB 1906: vb. slap, clap Qal Hiph. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סָפַק

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«סָפַק» in the Tanakh dictionary: **slap** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 5606 · **BDB:** סָפַק

### Glosses

I.slapped (1); he (1); he.clapped (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

slap [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5606/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. slap, clap Qal Hiph. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5606/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** \[I. שָׂפַקִ\] vb. slap, clap (NH Pi. id.; Arabic سَفَقَ slap (face), strike (hands) Lane 1373);—Qal Pf. 3 ms. וְסָפַק consec. Je 48:26, sf. סְפָקָם Jb 34:26; 1 s. סָפַ֫קְתִּי Je 31:19; 3 pl. סָֽפְקוּ La 2:15; Impf. 3 ms. יִשְׂפֹּק (שׂ subst. for ס) Jb 27:23, יִסְפּוֹק 34:37, הִסְפֹּק Nu 24:10; Imv. ms. סְפֹק Ez 21:17;— slap, sq. עַל־יָרֵךְ on the thigh, in remorse and sorrow Je 31:19 Ez 21:17; c. כַּפַּיִם clap one’s hands Nu 24:10 (in anger), c. עַל at, La 2:15; Jb 27:23 (in mockery); כ׳ om. Jb 34:37 (in presumptuousness, against God). slap, chastise, c. acc. pers. Jb 34:26 (subj. God). splash וְס׳ מוֹאָב בְּקִיאוֹ Je 48:26 and Moab shall splash (fall with a splash) into his vomit, \> Thes BuhlLex 13 empty himself(?), throw up (cf. Syriac ܣܦܩ Pa.). Hiph. Impf. 3 mpl. וּבְיַלְדֵי נָכְרִים יַשְׂפִּ֫יקוּ Is 2:6 (read perhaps וּבִידֵי Hi Du Che, and into the hands of foreigners they clap, lit. cause to clap, sc. their hands; \> 𝔊 𝔖 from ii. שׂפק q.v., they abound in, have a sufficienty of).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 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 «סָפַק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5606/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 34:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.34.26/)

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תַּֽחַת־רְשָׁעִ֥ים סְפָקָ֗ם בִּמְק֥וֹם רֹאִֽים׃

*Word for word:* in.place.of wicked.\[people\] he slaps.them in a.place of.\[those.who\].see

*JPS 1917:* He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;

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[Job 34:37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.34.37/)

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כִּ֥י יֹ֘סִ֤יף עַֽל־חַטָּאת֣וֹ פֶ֭שַׁע בֵּינֵ֣ינוּ יִסְפּ֑וֹק וְיֶ֖רֶב אֲמָרָ֣יו לָאֵֽל׃ס

*Word for word:* (dm) he.adds to sin his transgression between us he.claps and he.multiplies words his to God

*JPS 1917:* For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God.

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