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title: שָׁפָה — sweep bare · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׁפָה (8192), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: sweep bare. BDB 1906: vb. sweep bare. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׁפָה

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«שָׁפָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **sweep bare** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 8192 · **BDB:** שָׁפָה

### Glosses

swept.bare (1); they.are.laid.bare (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

sweep bare [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8192/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. sweep bare [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8192/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. sweep bare (Arabic سَفَا (ى), raise and carry off dust \[v. סָפָה\], أَسْفَى of horse, scanty in hair of forelock; NH Pi. plane off; Aramaic ܫܦܳܐ Pt. pass. level (Is 40:4 = מִישׁוֹר), smooth, limpid, ܫܰܦܺܝ make level, smooth (and deriv.));— be wind-swept, bare; Pt. הַר־נִשְׁפֶּה Is 13:2 a bare mt.; Pf. consec. וְשֻׁפּוּ עַצְמֹתָיו Jb 33:21 Qr his bones are laid bare (so lean is he; Kt וּשְׁפִי bareness are his bones).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׁפָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8192/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 33:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.33.21/)

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יִ֣כֶל בְּשָׂר֣וֹ מֵרֹ֑אִי וְשֻׁפּ֥וּ עַ֝צְמוֹתָ֗יו לֹ֣א רֻאּֽוּ׃

*Word for word:* it.wastes.away flesh his from sight and they.are.laid.bare bones his \[which\].not they.were.seen

*JPS 1917:* His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones corrode to unsightliness.

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[Isaiah 13:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.13.2/)

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עַ֤ל הַר־נִשְׁפֶּה֙ שְֽׂאוּ־נֵ֔ס הָרִ֥ימוּ ק֖וֹל לָהֶ֑ם הָנִ֣יפוּ יָ֔ד וְיָבֹ֖אוּ פִּתְחֵ֥י נְדִיבִֽים׃

*Word for word:* on a.mountain swept.bare lift.up a.standard lift.up a.voice to them wave a.hand so that.they.may.go \[the\].doors of.noble.\[people\]

*JPS 1917:* Set ye up an ensign upon the high mountain, lift up the voice unto them, wave the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles.

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