שָׁפַךְshâphak

pour out, pour

Pronunciation: shaw-fak' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8210

Meanings

Qal: active, passive (1 Kings 2:31; Ezekiel 24:7; 2 Kings 19:32)

1.

a. pour out, pour (Exodus 4:9; 1 Samuel 7:6; Amos 5:8)

b. technical, accusative דָּם shed blood (Genesis 37:22; Genesis 9:6; 1 Samuel 25:31)

2.

a. pour out, ׳ י subject (Hosea 5:10; Ezekiel 14:19; Jeremiah 10:25)

b. pour out, human subject (Lamentations 2:19; Psalms 62:9; 1 Samuel 1:15)

Niph`al: be poured out, be shed (Lamentations 2:11; Genesis 9:6; Ezekiel 16:36)

Pu`al: be poured out, be shed, were caused to slip (Zephaniah 1:17; Numbers 35:33; Psalms 73:2)

Hithpa`el: pours itself out (Job 30:16; Lamentations 4:1; Lamentations 2:12)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 115 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 9:6 If anyone takes a human life, that person’s life will also be taken by human hands. For God made human beings in his own image.
  • Genesis 37:22 “Why should we shed any blood? Let’s just throw him into this empty cistern here in the wilderness. Then he’ll die without our laying a hand on him.” Reuben was secretly planning to rescue Joseph and return him to his father.
  • Exodus 4:9 And if they don’t believe you or listen to you even after these two signs, then take some water from the Nile River and pour it out on the dry ground. When you do, the water from the Nile will turn to blood on the ground.”
  • Exodus 29:12 Put some of its blood on the horns of the altar with your finger, and pour out the rest at the base of the altar.
  • Leviticus 4:7 The priest will then put some of the blood on the horns of the altar for fragrant incense that stands in the Lord’s presence inside the Tabernacle. He will pour out the rest of the bull’s blood at the base of the altar for burnt offerings at the entrance of the Tabernacle.
  • Leviticus 4:18 He will then put some of the blood on the horns of the altar for fragrant incense that stands in the Lord’s presence inside the Tabernacle. He will pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar for burnt offerings at the entrance of the Tabernacle.
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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).