Lexical Definition

‎שֶׁטֶף‎ sheṭeph (sheh'-tef) flood ^H:N-M
or שֵׁטֶף shêṭeph (shay'-tef); from ‎שָׁטַף‎

flood, outrageous, overflowing.

• a deluge (literally or figuratively)

1) flood, downpour

See Greek: κατακλυσμός · ὀξύς · ὑετός

Extended Information

• Also means: she.tseph (‎ש‎ֶׁ‎צ‎ֶ‎ף‎ "overflowing" שֶׁצֶף)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎שֶׁ֫טֶף‎, ‎שֶׁ֫צֶף‎ noun masculine^{Nah 1:8} flood; — absolute ‎שֶׁ֫טֶף‎ Nah 1:8 + 3 t.; construct ‎׳‎‎שֶׁ‎ Prov 27:4, ‎׳‎‎שֵׁ‎ Ps 32:6 — flood, figurative of ‎׳‎‎י‎'s judgement, ‎עֹבֵר‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Nah 1:8, compare Dan 9:26, ‎זְרֹעוֺת‎ ‎׳‎‎הַשּׁ‎ Dan 11:22 (compare Dr); of calamity, ‎מַיִם רַבִּים‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Ps 32:6 ‎אָף‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Prov 27:4 a flood of anger; so ‎שֶׁצֶף קֶצֶף‎ Isa 54:8 (‎צ‎ for ‎ט‎ before following ‎צ‎ Ew Di; > Du Che Marti strike out ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ as dittograph); ‎שֶׁטֶף‎ literally of rainflood, Job 38:25.

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