שָׂפָהsâphâh

Meanings

Same root

• סָפָהçâphâh · H5595properly, to scrape (literally, to shave; but usually figuratively) together (i.e. to accumulate or increase) or away (i.e. to scatter, remove, or ruin; intransitively, to perish)
• שָׁפָהshâphâh · H8192to abrade, i.e. bare
• סוֹףçôwph · H5490a termination
• שָׂפָםsâphâm · H8222the beard (as a lippiece)

Where it appears

Appears 176 times in the Bible.

• Genesis 11:1 At one time all the people of the world spoke the same language and used the same words.
• Genesis 11:6 “Look!” he said. “The people are united, and they all speak the same language. After this, nothing they set out to do will be impossible for them!
• Genesis 11:7 Come, let’s go down and confuse the people with different languages. Then they won’t be able to understand each other.”
• Genesis 11:9 That is why the city was called Babel, because that is where the Lord confused the people with different languages. In this way he scattered them all over the world.
• Genesis 22:17 I will certainly bless you. I will multiply your descendants beyond number, like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will conquer the cities of their enemies.
• Genesis 41:3 Then he saw seven more cows come up behind them from the Nile, but these were scrawny and thin. These cows stood beside the fat cows on the riverbank.