Lexical Definition

‎סֵפֶק‎ çêpheq (say'-fek) mockery ^H:N-M
or שֶׂפֶק sepheq (seh'-fek); (Job 20:22; Job 36:18), from ‎סָפַק‎

stroke, sufficiency.

• chastisement
• also satiety

1) handclapping, mocking, mockery, scorn
1a) meaning dubious

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎שֶׂ֫פֶק‎] noun [masculine] doubtful word; hand-clapping, i.e. mockery (?) (compare verb Job 27:23); — ‎שָׂ֑פֶק‎ Job 36:18 in difficult clause ‎׳‎‎כִּיחֵֿמָה פֶּןיְֿסִיתְךָ בְשׂ‎ because there is passion, (beware) lest it incite thee to mockery, Bae^Kau Da (but ‎הסית בְּ‎ = incite against, hence Bu reads ‎לִשְׂפֹּק‎); De is not clear; others (as Di): lest it (passion) excite thee at the chastisement (see √ 2; compare Thes); Du reads ‎מִשְׂפָּק לְחֵמָה‎ lest chastisement incite thee to wrath. — On Job 20:22 (editions) see ‎שֵׂפֶק‎.

[‎שֵׂ֫פֶק‎] noun [masculine] sufficiency, plenty; — suffix ‎שִׂפְקוֺ‎ Job 20:22 (Baer Gi; ‎׳‎‎ס‎ van d. H.; opposed to ‎צרר‎). ‎שַׂק‎ see ‎שׂקק‎. below

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