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title: שֶׁצֶף — flood · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שֶׁצֶף (8241), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: flood. BDB 1906: n.m. flood. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שֶׁצֶף

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«שֶׁצֶף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **flood** — 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:** 8241 · **BDB:** שֶׁ֫טֶף

### Glosses

a.flood (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

flood [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8241/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. flood [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8241/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Na 1:8 flood;—abs. שֶׁ֫טֶף Na 1:8 + 3 times; cstr. שֶׁ׳ Pr 27:4, שֵׁ׳ ψ 32:6;—flood, fig. of י׳’s judgment, שׁ׳ עֹבֵר Na 1:8, cf. Dn 9:26, זְרֹעוֹת הַשּׁ׳ 11:22 (cf. Dr); of calamity, שׁ׳ מַיִם רַבִּים ψ 32:6; שׁ׳ אָף Pr 27:4 a flood of anger; so שֶׁצֶף קֶצֶף Is 54:8 (צ for ט bef. foll. צ Ew Di; \> Du Che Marti del. שׁ׳ as dittogr.); שֶׁטֶף lit. of rainflood, Jb 38:25.

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 1 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 (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שֶׁצֶף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8241/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 54:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.54.8/)

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בְּשֶׁ֣צֶף קֶ֗צֶף הִסְתַּ֨רְתִּי פָנַ֥י רֶ֙גַע֙ מִמֵּ֔ךְ וּבְחֶ֥סֶד עוֹלָ֖ם רִֽחַמְתִּ֑יךְ אָמַ֥ר גֹּאֲלֵ֖ךְ יְהוָֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* in a.flood of.wrath I.hid face my a.moment from you and in covenant.loyalty of.perpetuity I will.have.compassion.on.you he.says redeemer your Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* In a little wrath I hid My face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have compassion on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer.

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