Lexical Definition

‎סָפַח‎ çâphach (saw-fakh') to attach ^H:V
or שָׂפַח sâphach (saw-fakh'); (Isaiah 3:17), a primitive root

abiding, gather together, cleave, smite with the scab.

• properly, to scrape out, but in certain peculiar senses (of removal or association)

1) to join, attach to, join together
1a) (Qal) to join, attach to
1b) (Niphal) to attach oneself
1c) (Piel) joining (participle)
1d) (Pual) to be joined together, hold oneself together
1e) (Hithpael) to join oneself
2) (Piel) to cause a scab upon, smite with scab

See Greek: προστίθημι · στηρίζω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. [‎סָפח‎] verb join, attach to; —

Qal Imperative masculine singular suffix‎׳‎‎סְפָחֵ֫נִי נָא אֶלוֿגו‎ 1Sam 2:36 attach me, pray, to one of the priest's offices. Niph`al Perfect 3 plural ‎וְנִסְפְּחוּ עַלֿ‎ consecutive Isa 14:1 and they shall attach themselves to the house of Jacob (|| ‎נִלְוָה‎). Pi`el Participle ‎מְסַפֵּהַ חֲסָֽתְךָ‎ Hab 2:15 joining (to it ?) thy fury, but read probably ‎מִסַּף‎ (‎ח‎ dittograph) from the goblet of thy fury (so We Gr Now GASm Da). Pu`al Imperfect 3 masculine plural ‎יְסֻפָּ֑חוּ‎ Job 30:7 are joined together, hold themselves together (yet read perhaps Niph`al ‎יִסָּפֵ֑חוּ‎ Bu). Hithpa`el Infinitive construct ‎מֵהִסְתַּפֵּחַ‎ 1Sam 26:19 they have driven me out from joining myself with (‎בְּ‎) the inheritance of ‎׳‎‎י‎.

‎שִׂפַּח‎ verb Pi`el denominative cause a scab upon, smite with scab (‎שׂ‎ substantive for ‎ס‎); — ‎וְשִׂפַּה אֲדֹנָי‎ ‎׳‎‎קָדְקָד וגו‎ (consecutive) Isa 3:17 and Adonay shall smite with scab the crown of the daughters of Zion.

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