Lexical Definition

‎סָפַן‎ çâphan (saw-fan') to cover ^H:V
a primitive root

cieled, cover, seated.

• to hide by covering
• specifically, to roof (passive participle as noun, a roof) or wainscot
• figuratively, to reserve

1) to cover, cover in, wainscotted, covered with boards or panelling
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to cover in, panel
1a2) covered, panelled (participle)

See Greek: ἐμπόριον

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎סָפַן‎, once, erroneous, ‎׳‎‎שׂ‎] verb cover, cover in, panel (Late Hebrew ‎סָפַן‎ is respect, care for; Phoenician ‎מספנת‎ roof, Lzb³³⁰; Aramaic ‎סְפַן‎ Ithpe`el be covered, overlaid; Assyrian sapânu (sometimes šapânu!), cover, over-whelm Dl⁵⁰⁸; sapannu, concealment, obscurity, depth (of sea); Ethiopic invalescere, percrebescere, praevalere, Di⁴⁰⁶); —

Qal Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎וַיִּסְפֹּן אֶתהַֿבַּיִת גֵּבִים‎ 1Kgs 6:9 and he covered in the house with beams (?); Infinitive absolute ‎סָפוֺן בָּאָ֑רֶז‎ Jer 22:14 (reading with JDMich Hi Gf Or Gie Co, ‎חַלּוֺנָיו‎ ‎סָפוֺן‎, for ᵑ0 ‎חַלּוֺנַי וְסָפוּן‎, compare Dr^{Sm xxx}) covering (it) in, panelling (it) with cedar; Passive participle ‎סָפוּן בְּאֶרֶז‎ 1Kgs 7:7, ‎סָפֻן בְּאֶרֶז‎ v1Kgs 7:3 plural ‎בְּבָֽתֵּיכֶם‎ ‎סְפוּנִים‎ Hag 1:14 in your panelled houses. — ‎סָפוּן‎ strangely = reserved, laid up, Deut 33:21, and = hidden vDeut 33:19 ‎שְׂפֻנֵי טְמֻנֵי חוֺל‎ (only here with ‎שׂ‎; both in sense of ‎צָפוּן‎ [read this ?], compare Dr).

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