סַף
çaph · H5592 · Hebrew · 32 occurrences
A word for 7 things
- Door, doorwayHouse, permanent dwelling176 verses
- CupEating utensils86 verses
- Basin, bowlTabernacle and Temple implements41 verses
- FoundationHouse, permanent dwelling20 verses
- DoorpostDoor, doorway20 verses
Meanings
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bowl, basin
Receptacle of undetermined size; made out of metal; used both for household and religious purposes
ExamplesExodus 12:22 “And you shall take a bunch of hyssop and dip it in the blood which is in the basin, and apply some of the blood that is in the basin to the lintel and the two doorposts; and none of you shall go outside the door of his house until morning.
2 Samuel 17:28 brought beds, basins, pottery, wheat, barley, flour, roasted grain, beans, lentils, roasted seeds,
1 Kings 7:50 also the cups, the shears, the bowls, the ladles, and the firepans, of pure gold; and the hinges both for the doors of the inner house, the Most Holy Place, and for the doors of the house, that is, for the main room, of gold.
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doorstep, threshold
Strip of wood or stone at the bottom of a doorway; often used metonymically to refer to the entire doorway
ExamplesJudges 19:27 When her master got up in the morning and opened the doors of the house and went out to go on his way, then behold, his concubine was lying at the doorway of the house with her hands on the threshold.
1 Kings 14:17 Then Jeroboam’s wife arose and departed, and came to Tirzah. As she was entering the threshold of the house, the child died.
1 Chronicles 9:22 Those who were chosen to be gatekeepers at the thresholds were 212 in all. They were registered by genealogy in their settlements, those whom David and Samuel the seer appointed in their official capacity.
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house
Literally: threshold and doorpost, here used metaphorically to refer to the entire construction: building
ExamplesEzekiel 43:8 by putting their threshold by My threshold, and their door post beside My door post, with only the wall between Me and them. And they have defiled My holy name by their abominations which they have committed. So I have consumed them in My anger.
How it’s used In 10 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
7 occurrences in 6 groups
- שַׁעַרgate 2
- בַּיִתhouse, household 1
- כֶּסֶףsilver 1
- רַעַלreeling 1
- יmy 1
- הֶםtheir 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
2 occurrences in 3 groups
- זָהָבgold 1
- אֶחָדone 1
- כֶּסֶףsilver 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- בַּיִתhouse, household 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- רָעַשׁto tremble 1
What is done to itIt is the object
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- לָקַחto take, to receive 1
- מָדַדto measure 1
- נָתַןto give, to put, to set 1
Second object ofSecond object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- שׂוּםto put, to set, to place 1
What it is said to bePredicate
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- קָנֶהreed, branch 1
- שָׁחִיףwooden panelling 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- חֹרֶבdryness 1
- יָדhand, power 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
8 occurrences in 4 groups
- בin/on/with 7
- אֵתwith 2
- נֶגֶדbefore, opposite 1
- עַלon, upon, over, against 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
12 occurrences in 3 groups
- שָׁמַרto keep, to guard, to observe 10
- אַמָּהcubit 1
- שׁוֹעֵרgatekeeper 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Semantic domains 3 entries
- Containers001003001001003
- סַף denotes a basin or bowl, a container, illustrated at its occurrence, Exodus 12:22 ("dip it in the blood which is in the basin").
- Constructions001003002
- סַף also denotes a threshold or doorpost, a structural feature, illustrated at Isaiah 6:4 ("the foundations of the thresholds trembled at the voice of him who called out") and 2 Kings 25:18 (the parallel account naming "the three doorkeepers" who guarded the temple threshold).
- Names of People003001007
- This entry carries no independent personal-name sense of its own; every tagged occurrence is the common noun for a threshold or basin, as in “And you shall take a bunch of hyssop and dip it in the blood which is in the basin” (Exodus 12:22). The “Names of People” domain is bundle-shared with the related personal name סַף (Çaph, H5593), which it is not independently attested as here.
Word family 2 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H5592. caph I. סַף noun masculine basin, goblet (Late Hebrew סַף; Phoenician סף…
I. סַף noun masculine basin, goblet (Late Hebrew סַף; Phoenician סף (Inscription of Tyre(1), 5, 6) SchrödZMG xxxix (1886), 317 f. ClGannAnnales du Musée Guimet x. 511 = Recuell d'arch. orient.(1886), 89 HalRŠJ xii.107 Bloch; but Lzb330 door-sill); — ׳ס absolutebasin Exo 12:22 (twice in verse) (J; containing blood of passover lamb); construct סַףרַֿעַל Zec 12:2 goblet of reeling (intoxicating, figurative), probably also Hab 2:15, where read חֲמָֽתְךָ מִסַּף from the goblet of thy fury (for ח ׳מְסַמֵּחַ ᵑ0, see I. ספח); plural absolute סַמּוֺת 2Sa 17:28 basins for ordinary use; הַסִּמִּים Jer 52:19, הַסִמּוֺת 1Ki 7:50 and construct כֶּסֶף סִמּוֺת 2Ki 12:14, of temple utensils.
II. סַף noun masculineAmo 9:1 threshold, sill (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician see Lzb1. סַף; Aramaic סִמָּא, Arabic sippu Dl509, all id.); — absolute ׳ס 2Ki 12:10 +, also הַסָּ֑ף Jdg 19:27 Jdg 19:3t. (Baer Ginsb), הַסָּ֑ף 2Ki 25:8; suffix סִמִּי Eze 43:8, סִמָּם Eze 43:8; plural סִמִּים Amo 9:1; Isa 6:4 Isa 6:6t. Ezra, Chronicles; — threshold, sill Jdg 19:27; Amo 9:1; Isa 6:4; Eze 41:16 (twice in verse); Eze 43:8 (twice in verse); 2Ch 3:7, ׳ס הַבַּיִת 1Ki 14:17, ׳ס הַשַּׁעַר Eze 40:6-7, compare Eze 40:6 b הַסַּף שֹׁמֵרֹ = door-keeper, an important temple official, Jer 35:4, so הַסּ ׳שֹׁמְרֵי 2Ki 12:10 (priests), 2Ki 22:4 2Ch 34:9 (Levites!), 2Ki 23:4; 2Ki 25:18 = Jer 52:24; in Persia, of palace Est 2:21; Est 6:2; of tabernacle ׳שׁ הַסִּמִּים 1Ch 9:19; ׳הַסּ שֹׁעֲרֵי2Ch 23:4 (Levites), בַּסּ ׳שֹׁעֲרִים 1Ch 9:22; collective בַּסָּ֑ף חֹרֶב Zep 2:14 desolation in the thresholds.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 3 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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