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
- אַשְׁפֹּתʼashpôth · H830a heap of rubbish or filth
- יִשְׁפָּהYishpâh · H3472Jishpah, an Israelite
- מִשְׁפָּחָהmishpâchâh · H4940a family, i.e. circle of relatives; figuratively, a class (of persons), a species (of animals) or sort (of things); by extension a tribe or people
- מִשְׁפָּתmishpâth · H4942a stall for cattle (only dual)
- שָׂפָהsâphâh · H8193the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
- שָׁפָהshâphâh · H8194a cheese (as strained from the whey)
- שְׁפוֹShᵉphôw · H8195Shepho or Shephi, an Idumaean
- שְׁפִיshᵉphîy · H8205bareness; concretely, a bare hill or plain
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).