Lexical Definition

‎סָעִיף‎ çâʻîyph (saw-eef') cleft ^H:N-M
from ‎סָעַף‎

(outmost) branch, clift, top.

• a fissure (of rocks)
• also a bough (as subdivided)

1) cleft, branch
1a) cleft (of a crag)
1b) branches, boughs

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎סָעִיף‎] noun [masculine]

1. cleft.

2. branch; —

1. cleft of a crag, construct ‎סְעִיף סֶלַע‎ Judg 15:8; Judg 15:11 plural construct ‎וּבִסְעִפֵֿי הַסְּלָעִים‎ Isa 2:21 ‎׳‎‎סְעִיפֵי הַסּ‎ Isa 57:5.

2. branches, boughs, plural construct ‎סְעִפֵֿי הַפֹּרִיָּה‎ Isa 17:6 (so divide, Hi Kn Di Dr^{Sm xxx} Du and others) the boughs of the fruit-tree; suffix ‎סְעִיפֶיהָ‎ Isa 27:10 (of ruined city; compare ‎קְצִירָהּ‎ vIsa 27:11).

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