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title: שֶׂפֶק — hand-clapping · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שֶׂפֶק (5607), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: hand-clapping. BDB 1906: hand-clapping mockery. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שֶׂפֶק

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«שֶׂפֶק» in the Tanakh dictionary: **hand-clapping** — 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:** 5607 · **BDB:** שֶׂ֫פֶק

### Glosses

mockery (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

hand-clapping [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/5607/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

hand-clapping mockery [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/5607/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] doubtful word; hand-clapping, i.e. mockery (?) (cf. vb. Jb 27:23);—שָׂ֑פֶק Jb 36:18 in difficult cl. כִּי־חֵמָה פֶּן־יְסִיתְךָ בְשׂ׳ because there is passion, (beware) lest it incite thee to mockery, BaeKau Da (but הסית בְּ = incite against, hence Bu reads לִשְׂפֹּק); De is not clear; others (as Di): lest it (passion) excite thee at the chastisement (v. √ 2; cf. Thes); Du reads מִשְׂפָּק לְחֵמָה lest chastisement incite thee to wrath.—On Jb 20:22 (edd.) v. שֵׂפֶק.

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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 (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שֶׂפֶק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/5607/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 36:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.36.18/)

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כִּֽי־חֵ֭מָה פֶּן־יְסִֽיתְךָ֣ בְסָ֑פֶק וְרָב־כֹּ֝֗פֶר אַל־יַטֶּֽךָּ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) rage lest it should.entice.you in mockery and.\[the\] greatness of.\[the\].ransom not let it.turn.you.aside

*JPS 1917:* For beware of wrath, lest thou be led away by thy sufficiency; neither let the greatness of the ransom turn thee aside.

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