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title: שִׂפַּח — cause a scab upon · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שִׂפַּח (lemma:שִׂפַּח), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: cause a scab upon. BDB 1906: vb. denom. cause scab upon, smite with scab. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שִׂפַּח

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«שִׂפַּח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **cause a scab upon** — 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:** lemma:שִׂפַּח · **BDB:** שִׂפַּח

### Glosses

he.will.make.scabby (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

cause a scab upon [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b4_5c2_5e4_5b7_5bc_5d7/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. denom. cause scab upon, smite with scab [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b4_5c2_5e4_5b7_5bc_5d7/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. denom. cause a scab upon, smite with scab (שׂ subst. for ס);—וְשִׂפַּח אֲדֹנָי קָּדְקָד וגו׳ (consec.) Is 3:17 and Adonay shall smite with scab the crown of the daughters of Zion.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שִׂפַּח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b4_5c2_5e4_5b7_5bc_5d7/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 3:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.3.17/)

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וְשִׂפַּ֣ח אֲדֹנָ֔י קָדְקֹ֖ד בְּנ֣וֹת צִיּ֑וֹן וַיהוָ֖ה פָּתְהֵ֥ן יְעָרֶֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* and he.will.make.scabby Lord \[the\] the.crown.of.the.head of.the.daughters of.Zion and Yahweh forehead their he.will.lay.bare

*JPS 1917:* Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will lay bare their secret parts.

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