Lexical Definition

‎שָׁטַף‎ shâṭaph (shaw-taf') to overflow ^H:V
a primitive root

drown, (over-) flow(-whelm, rinse, run, rush, (throughly) wash (away).

• to gush
• by implication, to inundate, cleanse
• by analogy, to gallop, conquer

1) to wash, rinse, overflow, engulf, rinse or wash off
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to overflow
1a2) to flow, run
1a3) to rinse or wash off
1b) (Niphal) to be swept away, be rinsed out
1c) (Pual) to be rinsed, be scoured and rinsed

See Greek: ἀπονίπτω · ἀποπλύνω · κατακλύζω · καταποντίζω · κατασύρω · νίπτω · συντρίβω · σύρω · φέρω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎שָׁטַף‎ verb overflow, rinse or wash off (Late Hebrew id., so Jewish-Aramaic ‎שְׁטַף‎; Assyrian š atâpu, overflow, Arabic id., Cuche); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Isa 8:8 +, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎וַיִּשְׁטֹף‎ 1Kgs 22:38, etc.; Participle ‎שׁוֺטֵף‎ Isa 10:22 +, plural ‎שֹׁטְפִים‎ Isa 28:2 —

1. overflow, of river Isa 8:8; Jer 47:2a (see ‎נַחַל‎), Dan 11:10; Dan 11:40, all figurative of invading army, compare Isa 28:15 (qy. by Sta^{ThLz, Apr. 1894, 235}, Du Marti read ‎שׁוֺט שֹׁטֵט‎), vIsa 28:18 (see ‎שׁוֺט‎), also (simile of ‎׳‎‎י‎ in judgment) vIsa 28:2 (‎מַיִם‎), Isa 30:28, of judicial destruction, ‎שׁוֺטֵף צְדָקָה‎ Isa 10:22 with accusative of land Jer 47:2b, person (figurative) Isa 43:2 (‎נְהָרוֺת‎), Ps 69:3* (‎שִׁבֹּלֶת‎), vPs 69:16* (‎מִיִם‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎), Ps 124:4 (‎מַיִם‎), compare Isa 28:17; Song 8:7 ‎גֶּשֶׁם‎ ‎שׁוֺטֵף‎ flooding rain (of ‎׳‎‎י‎'s judgement) Ezek 11:11; Ezek 11:13; Ezek 38:22 ‎נַחַל שׁוֺטֵף‎ Isa 66:12, simile, in good sense. — Abs. Dan 11:26 see Niph`al — Figurative of dashing, rushing horse, ‎בַּמִּלְחָמָה‎ ‎׳‎‎כְּסוּס שׁוֺ‎ Jer 8:6.

2. flow, run, literal of ‎נַחַל‎ Ps 78:20; 2Chr 32:4.

3. literally, rinse or wash off, with accusative of thing washed 1Kgs 22:38, ‎יָדָיו‎ ‎בַּמָּ֑יִם‎ Lev 15:11 (P); of stain Ezek 16:9 (‎מֵעָלַיִךְ‎; || ‎רָחַץ‎); ‎עֲפַראָֿ֑רֶץ‎ Job 14:19. Niph`al Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יִשָּׁטֵף בַּמַּיִם‎ Lev 15:12 be rinsed out, off (P; of wooden vessel); 3 masculine plural ‎יִשָּֽׁטְפוּ מִלְּפָנָיו‎ Dan 11:22 be swept away (defeated), read probably ‎יִשָּׁטֵף‎ (for ‎יִשְׁטֹף‎), also vDan 11:26 (compare Dr). Pu`al Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎וּמֹרַק וְּשֻׁטַּף בַּמָּ֑יִם‎ Lev 6:21* (P) it shall be scoured and rinsed.

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