מִשְׂרָפָהmisrâphâh
combustion, i.e. cremation (of a corpse), or calcination (of lime)
Pronunciation: mis-raw-faw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4955
Meanings
a burning (Jeremiah 34:5; Isaiah 33:12; Amos 2:1)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 2 times in the Bible.
- Isaiah 33:12 Your people will be burned up completely, like thornbushes cut down and tossed in a fire.
- Jeremiah 34:5 but will die peacefully. People will burn incense in your memory, just as they did for your ancestors, the kings who preceded you. They will mourn for you, crying, “Alas, our master is dead!” This I have decreed, says the Lord.’”
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).