שָׁפָהshâphâh

sweep bare

Pronunciation: shaw-faw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8192

Meanings

Niph`al: be wind-swept, bare (Isaiah 13:2)

Pu`al: are laid bare (Job 33:21)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

  • Job 33:21 Their flesh wastes away, and their bones stick out.
  • Isaiah 13:2 “Raise a signal flag on a bare hilltop. Call up an army against Babylon. Wave your hand to encourage them as they march into the palaces of the high and mighty.

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).