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title: סְפַרְוִי — of Sepharvaim · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סְפַרְוִי (5616), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: of Sepharvaim. BDB 1906: adj.gent. of Sepharvaim. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סְפַרְוִי

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«סְפַרְוִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **of Sepharvaim** — 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:** 5616 · **BDB:** סְפַרְוִי

### Glosses

Sepharvites (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

of Sepharvaim [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5616/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj.gent. of Sepharvaim [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5616/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj.gent. of Sepharvaim, only pl. c. art. = subst., הַסְפַרְוִים 2 K 17:31a.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סְפַרְוִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5616/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Kings 17:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.17.31/)

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וְהָעַוִּ֛ים עָשׂ֥וּ נִבְחַ֖ז וְאֶת־תַּרְתָּ֑ק וְהַסְפַרְוִ֗ים שֹׂרְפִ֤ים אֶת־בְּנֵיהֶם֙ בָּאֵ֔שׁ לְאַדְרַמֶּ֥לֶךְ וַֽעֲנַמֶּ֖לֶךְ אֱלֹהֵ֥י סְפַרְוָֽיִם׃

*Word for word:* and the Avvites they.made Nibhaz and (et) Tartak and the Sepharvites \[were\].burning (et) children their in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech the.gods of.Sepharvaim

*JPS 1917:* and the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.

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