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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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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 the anger of Balak burneth against Balaam, and he striketh his hands; and Balak saith unto Balaam, 'To pierce mine enemies I called thee, and lo, thou hast certainly blessed -- these three times;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:10 - And Ben-Hadad sendeth unto him, and saith, 'Thus do the gods to me, and thus do they add, if the dust of Samaria suffice for handfuls for all the people who are at my feet.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:23 - It clappeth at him its hands, And it hisseth at him from his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:26 - As wicked He hath stricken them, In the place of beholders.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:37 - For he doth add to his sin, Transgression among us he vomiteth, And multiplieth his sayings to God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:6 - For Thou hast left Thy people, the house of Jacob. For they have been filled from the east, And are sorcerers like the Philistines, And with the children of strangers strike hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:19 - For after my turning back I repented, And after my being instructed I struck on the thigh, I have been ashamed, I have also blushed, For I have borne the reproach of my youth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:26 - Declare ye him drunk, For against Jehovah he made himself great And Moab hath stricken in his vomit, And he hath been for a derision -- even he.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:15 - Clapped hands at thee have all passing by the way, They have hissed -- and they shake the head At the daughter of Jerusalem: 'Is this the city of which they said: The perfection of beauty, a joy to all the land?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:12 - Cry and howl, son of man, For it hath been among My people, It is among all the princes of Israel, Cast unto the sword have been My people. Therefore strike on thy thigh,
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