סָפָהçâphâh

Meanings

Same root

• שָׂפָהsâphâh · H8193the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)

Where it appears

Appears 19 times in the Bible.

• Genesis 18:23 Abraham approached him and said, “Will you sweep away both the righteous and the wicked?
• Genesis 18:24 Suppose you find fifty righteous people living there in the city—will you still sweep it away and not spare it for their sakes?
• Genesis 19:15 At dawn the next morning the angels became insistent. “Hurry,” they said to Lot. “Take your wife and your two daughters who are here. Get out right now, or you will be swept away in the destruction of the city!”
• Genesis 19:17 When they were safely out of the city, one of the angels ordered, “Run for your lives! And don’t look back or stop anywhere in the valley! Escape to the mountains, or you will be swept away!”
• Numbers 16:26 “Quick!” he told the people. “Get away from the tents of these wicked men, and don’t touch anything that belongs to them. If you do, you will be destroyed for their sins.”
• Numbers 32:14 But here you are, a brood of sinners, doing exactly the same thing! You are making the Lord even angrier with Israel.