סָפַק
Transliteration
sāp̄aq
Pronunciation
saw-fak'
Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1539

Strong’s Definitions

סָפַק çâphaq, saw-fak'; or שָׂפַק sâphaq; (1 Kings 20:10; Job 27:23; Isaiah 2:6), a primitive root; to clap the hands (in token of compact, derision, grief, indignation, or punishment); by implication of satisfaction, to be enough; by implication of excess, to vomit:—clap, smite, strike, suffice, wallow.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x

The KJV translates Strong's H5606 in the following manner: clap (3x), smite (2x), please (1x), strike together (1x), suffice (1x), wallow (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x
The KJV translates Strong's H5606 in the following manner: clap (3x), smite (2x), please (1x), strike together (1x), suffice (1x), wallow (1x).

  1. to clap, slap

    1. (Qal)

      1. to slap, clap

      2. to slap, chastise

      3. to splash, throw up

    2. (Hiphil) to cause to clap

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
סָפַק çâphaq, saw-fak'; or שָׂפַק sâphaq; (1 Kings 20:10; Job 27:23; Isaiah 2:6), a primitive root; to clap the hands (in token of compact, derision, grief, indignation, or punishment); by implication of satisfaction, to be enough; by implication of excess, to vomit:—clap, smite, strike, suffice, wallow.
STRONGS H5606: Abbreviations
† סָפַק, [שָׂפַק], verb slap, clap (Late Hebrew Pi. id.; Arabic slap (face), strike (hands) Lane1373); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular וְסָפַק consecutive Jeremiah 48:26, suffix סְפָקָם Job 34:26; 1st person singular סָפַ֫קְתִּי Jeremiah 31:19; 3rd person plural סָֽפְקוּ Lamentations 2:15; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִשְׂפֹּק (שׂ substantive for ס) Job 27:23, יִסְפּוֹק Job 34:37, וַיִּסְפֹּק Numbers 24:10; Imperative masculine singular סְפֹק Ezekiel 21:17; —
1. slap, followed by עַליָֿרֵךְ on the thigh, in remorse and sorrow Jeremiah 31:19; Ezekiel 21:17; with כַּפַּיִם clap one's hands Numbers 24:10 (in anger), with עַל at, Lamentations 2:15; Job 27:23 (in mockery); כ׳ omitted Job 34:37 (in presumptuousness, against God).
2. slap, chastise, with accusative of person Job 34:26 (subject God).
3. splash מוֺאָב בְּקִיאוֺ וְס׳ Jeremiah 48:26 and Moab shall splash (fall with a splash) into his vomit, > Thes BuhlLex 13 empty himself (?), throw up (compare Syriac Pa.).
Hiph. Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural נָכְרִים וּבְיַלְרֵי יַשְׂפִּ֫יקוּ Isaiah 2:6 (read perhaps וּבִידֵי Hi Du Che, and into the hands of foreigners they clap, literally cause to clap, that is, their hands; > from 1. שׂפק which see, they abound in, have a sufficiency of).

† II. [שָׂפַק] verb suffice (Late Hebrew סָפַק suffice, abound, so Ecclus 15:18 +; סְפֵיק, סְפַק, Syriac ; Arabic is be niggardly, scanty, Lane1573); —
Qal Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִשְׂפֹּק 1 Kings 20:10, subject dust, with לְ of thing.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Numbers

Numbers 24:10; Numbers 24:10

1 Kings

1 Kings 20:10

Job

Job 27:23; Job 27:23; Job 34:26; Job 34:26; Job 34:37; Job 34:37

Isaiah

Isaiah 2:6

Jeremiah

Jeremiah 31:19; Jeremiah 31:19; Jeremiah 48:26; Jeremiah 48:26

Lamentations

Lamentations 2:15; Lamentations 2:15

Ezekiel

Ezekiel 21:17; Ezekiel 21:17