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title: שָׁטַף — overflow · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׁטַף (7857), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 31 times: overflow. BDB 1906: vb. overflow, rinse wash off Niph. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׁטַף

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«שָׁטַף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **overflow** — 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:** 31 times · **Key:** 7857 · **BDB:** שָׁטַף

### Glosses

overflowing (9); it.will.overflow (3); they (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

overflow [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7857/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. overflow, rinse wash off Niph. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7857/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. overflow, rinse or wash off (NH id., so J.Aram. שְׁטַף; Assyrian šaṭâpu, overflow, Arabic سطف id., Cuche);— Pf. 3 ms. שׁ׳ Is 8:8 +, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. וַיִּשְׁטֹף 1 K 22:38, etc.; Pt. שׁוֹטֵף Is 10:22 +, pl. שֹׁטְפִים Is 28:2;— overflow, of river Is 8:8; Je 47:2a (v. נַחַל), Dn 11:10, 40, all fig. of invading army, cf. Is 28:15 (qy. by StaThLZ, Apr. 1894, 235, Du Marti read שׁוֹט שֹׁטֵט), v 18 (v. שׁוֹט), also (sim. of י׳ in judgment) v 2 (מַיִם), 30:28, of judicial destruction, שׁוֹטֵף צְדָקָה Is 10:22; c. acc. of land Je 47:2b, pers. (fig.) Is 43:2 (נְהָרוֹת), ψ 69:3 (שִׁבֹּלֶת), v 16 (שׁ׳ מַיִם), 124:4 (מַיִם), cf. Is 28:17 Ct 8:7; גֶּשֶׁם שׁוֹטֵף flooding rain (of י׳’s judgment) Ez 13:11, 13; 38:22; נַחַל שׁוֹטֵף Is 66:12, sim., in good sense.—Abs. Dn 11:26 v. Niph.—Fig. of dashing, rushing horse, כְּסוּס שׁוֹ׳ בַּמִּלְחָמָה Je 8:6. flow, run, lit. of נַחַל ψ 78:20 2 Ch 32:4. lit., rinse or wash off, c. acc. of thing washed 1 K 22:38, יָדָיו בַּמָּ֑יִם Lv 15:11 (P); of stain Ez 16:9 (מֵעָלַיִךְ; ‖ רָחַץ); עֲפַר־אָ֑רֶץ Jb 14:19. Impf. 3 ms. יִשָּׁטֵף בַּמַּיִם Lv 15:12 be rinsed out, off (P; of wooden vessel); 3 mpl. יִשָּֽׁטְפוּ מִלְּפָנָיו Dn 11:22 be swept away (defeated), read prob. יִשָּׁטֵף (for יִשְׁטֹף), also v 26 (cf. Dr). Pf. 3 ms. וּמֹרַק וְשֻׁטַּף בַּמָּ֑יִם Lv 6:21 (P) it shall be scoured and rinsed.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 30 of its verses cited, 2 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 «שָׁטַף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7857/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 124:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.124.4/)

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אֲ֭זַי הַמַּ֣יִם שְׁטָפ֑וּנוּ נַ֗֜חְלָהעָבַ֥ר עַל־נַפְשֵֽׁנוּ׃

*Word for word:* then the waters they had.overflowed.us torrent (to).a it.had.passed over self our

*JPS 1917:* Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul;

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[Job 14:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.14.19/)

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אֲבָנִ֤ים ׀ שָׁ֥חֲקוּ מַ֗יִם תִּשְׁטֹֽף־סְפִיחֶ֥יהָ עֲפַר־אָ֑רֶץ וְתִקְוַ֖ת אֱנ֣וֹשׁ הֶאֱבַֽדְתָּ׃

*Word for word:* stones they.rub.away waters it.washes.off overflowings its \[the\].dust of.\[the\].earth and.\[the\] hope of.humankind you.destroy

*JPS 1917:* The waters wear the stones; the overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth; so Thou destroyest the hope of man.

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