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

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«סָפִיחַ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **growth from spilled kernels** — 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:סָפִיחַ · **BDB:** סָפִיחַ²

### Glosses

self-sown.grain (2); grain (1); the.self-sown.grain (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

growth from spilled kernels [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/lemma_3a_5e1_5b8_5e4_5b4_5d9_5d7_5b7/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

growth from spilled kernels [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/lemma_3a_5e1_5b8_5e4_5b4_5d9_5d7_5b7/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] growth from spilled kernels ((kernels) poured out, accidentally, in harvesting, according to most; BuhlLex 13 al. think of additional growth, √ I. ספח);—it is what springs up of itself in second year, and serves as food when no grain could be sown: abs. ס׳ 2 K 19:29 = Is 37:30; cstr. סְפִיחַ קְצִירְךָ Lv 25:5; sf. תִּקְצְרוּ אֶת־סְפִיחֶיהָ v 11.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סָפִיחַ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/lemma_3a_5e1_5b8_5e4_5b4_5d9_5d7_5b7/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 25:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.25.5/)

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אֵ֣ת סְפִ֤יחַ קְצִֽירְךָ֙ לֹ֣א תִקְצ֔וֹר וְאֶת־עִנְּבֵ֥י נְזִירֶ֖ךָ לֹ֣א תִבְצֹ֑ר שְׁנַ֥ת שַׁבָּת֖וֹן יִהְיֶ֥ה לָאָֽרֶץ׃

*Word for word:* (et) the.self-sown.grain your.harvest your not you.will.harvest and (et) the.grapes your.untrimmed.vine your not you.will.gather.grapes a.year of.sabbath.observance it.will.belong to the land

*JPS 1917:* That which groweth of itself of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, and the grapes of thy undressed vine thou shalt not gather; it shall be a year of solemn rest for the land.

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[Leviticus 25:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.25.11/)

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יוֹבֵ֣ל הִ֗וא שְׁנַ֛ת הַחֲמִשִּׁ֥ים שָׁנָ֖ה תִּהְיֶ֣ה לָכֶ֑ם לֹ֣א תִזְרָ֔עוּ וְלֹ֤א תִקְצְרוּ֙ אֶת־סְפִיחֶ֔יהָ וְלֹ֥א תִבְצְר֖וּ אֶת־נְזִרֶֽיהָ׃

*Word for word:* a.jubilee it the.year of the.fifty year it.will.be to you not you.will.sow and not you.will.harvest (et) grain its.self-sown and not you.will.gather.grapes (et) vines its.untrimmed

*JPS 1917:* A jubilee shall that fiftieth year be unto you; ye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of the undressed vines.

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