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Lexicon :: Strong's H5606 - sāp̄aq

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סָפַק
Transliteration
sāp̄aq
Pronunciation
saw-fak'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1539

Strong’s Definitions

סָפַק çâphaq, saw-fak'; or שָׂפַק sâphaq; (1 Kings 20:10; Job 27:23; Isaiah 2:6), a primitive root; to clap the hands (in token of compact, derision, grief, indignation, or punishment); by implication of satisfaction, to be enough; by implication of excess, to vomit:—clap, smite, strike, suffice, wallow.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x

The KJV translates Strong's H5606 in the following manner: clap (3x), smite (2x), please (1x), strike together (1x), suffice (1x), wallow (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x
The KJV translates Strong's H5606 in the following manner: clap (3x), smite (2x), please (1x), strike together (1x), suffice (1x), wallow (1x).

  1. to clap, slap

    1. (Qal)

      1. to slap, clap

      2. to slap, chastise

      3. to splash, throw up

    2. (Hiphil) to cause to clap

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
סָפַק çâphaq, saw-fak'; or שָׂפַק sâphaq; (1 Kings 20:10; Job 27:23; Isaiah 2:6), a primitive root; to clap the hands (in token of compact, derision, grief, indignation, or punishment); by implication of satisfaction, to be enough; by implication of excess, to vomit:—clap, smite, strike, suffice, wallow.
STRONGS H5606: Abbreviations
† סָפַק, [שָׂפַק], verb slap, clap (Late Hebrew Pi. id.; Arabic bdb070607 slap (face), strike (hands) Lane1373); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular וְסָפַק consecutive Jeremiah 48:26, suffix סְפָקָם Job 34:26; 1st person singular סָפַ֫קְתִּי Jeremiah 31:19; 3rd person plural סָֽפְקוּ Lamentations 2:15; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִשְׂפֹּק (שׂ substantive for ס) Job 27:23, יִסְפּוֹק Job 34:37, וַיִּסְפֹּק Numbers 24:10; Imperative masculine singular סְפֹק Ezekiel 21:17; —
1. slap, followed by עַליָֿרֵךְ on the thigh, in remorse and sorrow Jeremiah 31:19; Ezekiel 21:17; with כַּפַּיִם clap one's hands Numbers 24:10 (in anger), with עַל at, Lamentations 2:15; Job 27:23 (in mockery); כ׳ omitted Job 34:37 (in presumptuousness, against God).
2. slap, chastise, with accusative of person Job 34:26 (subject God).
3. splash מוֺאָב בְּקִיאוֺ וְס׳ Jeremiah 48:26 and Moab shall splash (fall with a splash) into his vomit, > Thes BuhlLex 13 empty himself (?), throw up (compare Syriac bdb070608 Pa.).
Hiph. Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural נָכְרִים וּבְיַלְרֵי יַשְׂפִּ֫יקוּ Isaiah 2:6 (read perhaps וּבִידֵי Hi Du Che, and into the hands of foreigners they clap, literally cause to clap, that is, their hands; > Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version from 1. שׂפק which see, they abound in, have a sufficiency of).

† II. [שָׂפַק] verb suffice (Late Hebrew סָפַק suffice, abound, so Ecclus 15:18 +; Targum סְפֵיק, סְפַק, Syriac bdb097402; Arabic bdb097403 is be niggardly, scanty, Lane1573); —
Qal Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִשְׂפֹּק 1 Kings 20:10, subject dust, with לְ of thing.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Numbers

24:10; 24:10

1 Kings

20:10

Job

27:23; 27:23; 34:26; 34:26; 34:37; 34:37

Isaiah

2:6

Jeremiah

31:19; 31:19; 48:26; 48:26

Lamentations

2:15; 2:15

Ezekiel

21:17; 21:17

H5606

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5606 matches the Hebrew סָפַק (sāp̄aq),
which occurs 10 times in 10 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Then Balak became furious with Balaam, struck his hands together, and said to him, “I summoned you to put a curse on my enemies, but instead, you have blessed them these three times.

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Then Ben-hadad sent messengers to him and said, “May the gods punish me and do so severely if Samaria’s dust amounts to a handful for each of the people who follow me.”

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It claps its hands at him

and scoffs at him from its place.

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In full view of the public,[fn]

he strikes them for their wickedness,

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For he adds rebellion to his sin;

he scornfully claps in our presence,

while multiplying his words against God.

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For you have abandoned your people,

the house of Jacob,

because they are full of divination from the East

and of fortune-tellers like the Philistines.

They are in league[fn] with foreigners.

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“After my return, I felt regret;

After I was instructed, I struck my thigh in grief.

I was ashamed and humiliated

because I bore the disgrace of my youth.”

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“Make him drunk, because he has exalted himself against the LORD. Moab will wallow in his own vomit, and he will also become a laughingstock.

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All who pass by

scornfully clap their hands at you.

They hiss and shake their heads

at Daughter Jerusalem:

Is this the city that was called

the perfection of beauty,

the joy of the whole earth?

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“Cry out and wail, son of man, for it is against my people. It is against all the princes of Israel! They are given over to the sword with my people. Therefore strike your thigh in grief.

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