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title: סָעִיף — cleft · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סָעִיף (lemma:סָעִיף), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: cleft. BDB 1906: cleft. branch. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סָעִיף

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«סָעִיף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **cleft** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** lemma:סָעִיף · **BDB:** סָעִיף

### Glosses

the.cleft (2); the.clefts (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

cleft [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/lemma_3a_5e1_5b8_5e2_5b4_5d9_5e3/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

cleft. branch [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/lemma_3a_5e1_5b8_5e2_5b4_5d9_5e3/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] 1. cleft. 2. branch;— cleft of a crag, cstr. סְעִיף סֶלַע Ju 15:8, 11; pl. cstr. וּבִסְעִפֵֿי הַסְּלָעִים Is 2:21; סְעִיפֵי הַסּ׳ 57:5. branches, boughs, pl. cstr. סְעִפֵֿי הַפֹּרִיָּה Is 17:6 (so divide, Hi Kn Di DrSm xxx Du al.) the boughs of the fruit-tree; sf. סְעִיפֶיהָ 27:10 (of ruined city; cf. קְצִירָהּ v 11).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סָעִיף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/lemma_3a_5e1_5b8_5e2_5b4_5d9_5e3/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Judges 15:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.15.8/)

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וַיַּ֨ךְ אוֹתָ֥ם שׁ֛וֹק עַל־יָרֵ֖ךְ מַכָּ֣ה גְדוֹלָ֑ה וַיֵּ֣רֶד וַיֵּ֔שֶׁב בִּסְעִ֖יף סֶ֥לַע עֵיטָֽם׃ס

*Word for word:* and he.defeated them leg with thigh a.defeat great and he.went.down and he.dwelt in the.cleft of.the.rock of.Etam

*JPS 1917:* And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter; and he went down and dwelt in the cleft of the rock of Etam.

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[Isaiah 57:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.57.5/)

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הַנֵּֽחָמִים֙ בָּֽאֵלִ֔ים תַּ֖חַת כָּל־עֵ֣ץ רַעֲנָ֑ן שֹׁחֲטֵ֤י הַיְלָדִים֙ בַּנְּחָלִ֔ים תַּ֖חַת סְעִפֵ֥י הַסְּלָעִֽים׃

*Word for word:* \[who are\].inflaming.yourselves among the oaks under every tree luxuriant \[who.are\].slaughtering (of \[the\].children in the wadis under the.clefts of the.cliffs

*JPS 1917:* Ye that inflame yourselves among the terebinths, under every leafy tree; that slay the children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?

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