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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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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:10 - And Balak’s anger was kindled against Balaam, and he struck his hands together. And Balak said to Balaam, “I called you to curse my enemies, and behold, you have blessed them these three times.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:10 - Ben-hadad sent to him and said, “The gods do so to me and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people who follow me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:23 - It claps its hands at him
and hisses at him from its place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:26 - He strikes them for their wickedness
in a place for all to see,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:37 - For he adds rebellion to his sin;
he claps his hands among us
and multiplies his words against God.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:6 - For you have rejected your people,
the house of Jacob,
because they are full of things from the east
and of fortune-tellers like the Philistines,
and they strike hands with the children of foreigners.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:19 - For after I had turned away, I relented,
and after I was instructed, I struck my thigh;
I was ashamed, and I was confounded,
because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:26 - “Make him drunk, because he magnified himself against the LORD, so that Moab shall wallow in his vomit, and he too shall be held in derision.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:15 - All who pass along the way
clap their hands at you;
they hiss and wag their heads
at the daughter of Jerusalem:
“Is this the city that was called
the perfection of beauty,
the joy of all the earth?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:12 - Cry out and wail, son of man, for it is against my people. It is against all the princes of Israel. They are delivered over to the sword with my people. Strike therefore upon your thigh.
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