Lexical Definition

‎שָׁסַף‎ shâçaph (shaw-saf') to hew ^H:V
a primitive root

hew in pieces.

• to cut in pieces, i.e. slaughter

1) (Piel) to hew in pieces, cut in pieces
1a) meaning dubious

See Greek: σφάζω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎שָׁסַף‎] verb dubious: Pi`el hew in pieces (Vrss and context); — Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎וַיְשַׁסֵּף‎ 1Sam 15:33, accusative of person; — Gr Dr HPS qy. ‎וַיְשַׁסַּע‎, but improbable

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