שָׁדַףshâdaph
scorch, blight
Pronunciation: shaw-daf' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7710
Meanings
Qal: scorched by a sirocco, so ׳ שְׁדֻפוֺת ק Gen 41:23, ׳ הַקּ ׳ שׁ Gen 41:27 (all E). (Genesis 41:6; Genesis 41:23; Genesis 41:27)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 3 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 41:6 Then seven more heads of grain appeared, but these were shriveled and withered by the east wind.
- Genesis 41:23 Then seven more heads of grain appeared, but these were blighted, shriveled, and withered by the east wind.
- Genesis 41:27 The seven thin, scrawny cows that came up later and the seven thin heads of grain, withered by the east wind, represent seven years of famine.
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).