Lexical Definition

‎סָפִיחַ‎ çâphîyach (saw-fee'-akh) outpouring ^H:N-M
from ‎סָפַח‎

(such) things as (which) grow (of themselves), which groweth of its own accord (itself).

• something (spontaneously) falling off, i.e. a self-sown crop
• figuratively, a freshet

1) outpouring
2) growth from spilled kernels, after-growth, volunteer plants

See Greek: ἀναβαίνω · αὐτόματος

Extended Information

• growth from spilled kernels, after-growth, volunteer plants

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. [‎סָפִיחַ‎] noun [masculine] outpouring ?; — plural suffix ‎תִּשְׁטֹףסְֿפִיחֶיהָ עֲפַר הָאָרֶץ‎ Job 14:19 (si vera lectio) its outpourings sweep away the dust of the earth, so most, but dubious; Bu proposes *‎סְחִיפָה‎, compare ‎מָטָר‎ ‎סֹחֵף‎ Prov 28:3.

II. ‎סָפִיחַ‎ noun [masculine] growth from spilled kernels ((kernels) poured out, accidentally, in harvesting, according to most; Buhl^{Lex 13} and others think of additional growth, √ I. ‎ספח‎); — it is what springs up of itself in second year, and serves as food when no grain could be sown: absolute ‎׳‎‎ס‎ 2Kgs 19:29 = Isa 37:30 construct ‎סְפִיחַ קְצִירְךָ‎ Lev 25:5 suffix ‎תִּקְצְרוּ אֶתסְֿפִיחֶיהַ‎ vLev 25:11.

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