Lexical Definition

‎סוּף‎ çûwph (soof) to cease ^H:V
a primitive root

consume, have an end, perish, [idiom] be utterly.

• to snatch away, i.e. terminate

1) to cease, come to an end
1a) (Qal) to come to an end
1b) (Hiphil) to make an end

See Greek: ἀναλίσκω · ἐκλείπω · ἐρυθρός · ἔσχατος · καταναλίσκω · συντελέω · τελέω

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: suph (‎סו‎ּ‎ף‎ "be fulfilled" סוּף)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎סוּף‎] verb come to an end, cease (ᵑ7, ‎סוּף‎ Syriac () , cease, stop (often), ᵑ7 ‎סוֺפָא‎, Syriac , Late Hebrew ‎סוֺף‎ end); —

Qal Perfect 3 plural ‎סָ֑פוּ‎ Ps 73:19, ‎וְסָפ֫וּ‎ consecutive Amos 3:15 Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יֶסוּף‎ Esth 9:28 3 masculine plural ‎יָסֻ֫פוּ‎ Isa 66:17 — come to an end Amos 3:15; Isa 66:17; Ps 73:19 (+ ‎תַּמּוּ‎), ‎וְזִכְרָם לֹאיָֿסוּף‎ ‎מִזַּרְעָם‎ Esth 9:28. Hiph`il make an end of, only (if text correct) Imperfect 1 singular (+Infinitive absolute ‎אָסֹף‎, chosen for assonance, see ‎אסף‎), cohortative = jussive In form, ‎אָסֹף אָסֵף‎ Zeph 1:2, ‎אָסֵף‎ vZeph 1:3 vZeph 1:3, ‎אָסֹף אֲסִיפֵם‎ Jer 8:13 (on these forms see Gf Bö^{§ 988, 1} Kö^{i.445, 466}); but read perhaps, for ‎אָסֵף‎, ‎אֶאֱסֹף‎, We Buhl^{Lex 13}, or ‎אֹסֵף‎, Ges^{«GKC:72aa»§§ 72aa}, «GKC:113w»113w n.3 Now^{Zeph 1:2}, and in Jeremiah ‎אָסֹף אֹסְפֵם‎ Ges^l.c. (against Gie see Hi).

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