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Lexicon :: Strong's H5594 - sāp̄aḏ

Aa
סָפַד
Transliteration
sāp̄aḏ
Pronunciation
saw-fad'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1530

Strong’s Definitions

סָפַד çâphad, saw-fad'; a primitive root; properly, to tear the hair and beat the breasts (as Orientals do in grief); generally to lament; by implication, to wail:—lament, mourn(-er), wail.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 30x

The KJV translates Strong's H5594 in the following manner: mourn (15x), lament (13x), mourners (1x), wail (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 30x
The KJV translates Strong's H5594 in the following manner: mourn (15x), lament (13x), mourners (1x), wail (1x).
  1. to wail, lament, mourn

    1. (Qal)

      1. to wail, lament

      2. wailers (participle)

    2. (Niphal) to be lamented, be bewailed

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
סָפַד çâphad, saw-fad'; a primitive root; properly, to tear the hair and beat the breasts (as Orientals do in grief); generally to lament; by implication, to wail:—lament, mourn(-er), wail.
STRONGS H5594: Abbreviations
† [סָפַד] verb wail, lament (Late Hebrew id.; Targum סְפַד, ChrPalAramaic bdb070402 id., SchwIdioticon 64; Assyrian [sapâdu], sipdu, sipittu, mourning, DlHWB 507; compare Amharic bdb070403 dirge PräZMG xxxv (1881), 762); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person feminine singular וְסָֽפְדָה consecutive Zechariah 12:12, 3rd person plural וְסָֽפְדוּ consecutive 1 Kings 14:13; Zechariah 12:10; Imperfect 3rd person feminine singular וַתּסְפֹּד 2 Samuel 11:26, 2nd person masculine singular תִּסְפֹּד Ezekiel 24:16, 1st person singular cohortative אֶסְפְּדָה Micah 1:8, 3rd person masculine plural יִסְפְּדוּ Jeremiah 6:16 +, etc.; Imperative masculine plural סִפְדוּ 2 Samuel 3:31 + 2 times; feminine plural סְפֹ֫דְנָה Jeremiah 49:3; Infinitive absolute סָפוֺד Zechariah 7:5; construct סְפוֺד Ecclesiastes 3:4, לִסְפֹּד Genesis 23:2; 1 Kings 13:29, לִסְפּוֹד Jeremiah 16:5; Participle active plural סֹפְדִים Isaiah 32:12, סוֺ׳ Ecclesiastes 12:5; — wail, lament (with loud cries, etc., see Micah 1:8, and compare DrAmos 5:16), especially for dead, with לְ, 1 Samuel 25:1; 1 Samuel 28:3; 1 Kings 14:13, 18; Genesis 23:2 (P) Jeremiah 16:6; Jeremiah 22:18 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 34:5, compare לָהֶ וְאַל־תָּנֹד לִסְפּוֹד זְאַל־תֵּלֵךְ Jeremiah 16:5; with עַלֿ over 2 Samuel 1:12; 2 Samuel 11:26; 1 Kings 13:30, compare Zechariah 12:10 (see Zechariah 12:12 below); with לִפְנֵי i.e. marching before (bier) 2 Samuel 3:31 (see Dr); with accusative of congnate meaning with verb Genesis 50:10 (J); absolute 1 Kings 13:29; Ezekiel 24:16 compare Ezekiel 24:23; Ecclesiastes 3:4 (opposed to רקד; compare Psalm 30:12), and participle as substantive Ecclesiastes 12:5 wailers; also, with idea of guilt on part of those wailing, Zechariah 12:12 (compare Zechariah 12:10 above); over calamity, judgment, with עַלֿ Micah 1:8, absolute Jeremiah 4:8 (both + הֵילִיל), Jeremiah 49:3 and (with fasting) Zechariah 7:5; Joel 1:13. — עַלשָֿׁדַיִם סֹפְדִים עַלשְֿׂדֵיחֶֿמֶד וגו׳ Isaiah 32:12 is dubious; Thes Ew De Che and others upon the breasts smiting (?) for the fields, etc., but read probably שָׂדִים (וֺֿת, יִַ֯ם) GesComm. (which see.) BuhlLex 13 Skinner and others: over the fields wailing, over the delightful fields, etc.
Niph. Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural לֹא יִסָּֽפְדוּ Jeremiah 16:4 they shall not be bewailed, so Jeremiah 25:33.

שְׂפֹדְנָה Jeremiah 49:3 Masora, < modern editions ס׳.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

23:2; 23:2; 50:10

1 Samuel

25:1; 28:3

2 Samuel

1:12; 3:31; 3:31; 11:26; 11:26

1 Kings

13:29; 13:29; 13:30; 14:13; 14:13; 14:18

Psalms

30:12

Ecclesiastes

3:4; 3:4; 12:5; 12:5

Isaiah

32:12; 32:12

Jeremiah

4:8; 6:16; 16:4; 16:5; 16:5; 16:6; 22:18; 25:33; 34:5; 49:3; 49:3; 49:3

Ezekiel

24:16; 24:16; 24:23

Joel

1:13

Amos

5:16

Micah

1:8; 1:8; 1:8

Zechariah

7:5; 7:5; 12:10; 12:10; 12:10; 12:12; 12:12; 12:12

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5594 matches the Hebrew סָפַד (sāp̄aḏ),
which occurs 32 times in 30 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:2 - Sarah H8283 died H4191 in Kiriath-arba H7153 (that is, Hebron H2275) in the land H776 of Canaan H3667; and Abraham H85 [fn]came H935 in H935 to mourn H5594 for Sarah H8283 and to weep H1058 for her.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:10 - When they came H935 to the [fn]threshing H1637 floor H1637 of Atad H329, which H834 is beyond H5676 the Jordan H3383, they mourned H5594 there H8033 with a very H3966 great H1419 and [fn]sorrowful H3515 lamentation H4553; and he [fn]observed H6213 seven H7651 days H3117 of mourning H60 for his father H1.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:1 -

Then Samuel H8050 died H4191; and all H3605 Israel H3478 assembled H6908 and mourned H5594 for him, and they buried H6912 him at his house H1004 in Ramah H7414. And David H1732 set H6965 out H6965 and went H3381 down H3381 to the wilderness H4057 of Paran H6290.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:3 -

Now Samuel H8050 was dead H4191, and all H3605 Israel H3478 had mourned H5594 him and buried H6912 him in Ramah H7414, his own city H5892. And Saul H7586 had removed H5493 the mediums H178 and spiritists H3049 from the land H776.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:12 - And they mourned H5594 and wept H1058 and fasted H6684 until H5704 evening H6153 for Saul H7586 and his son H1121 Jonathan H3083, and for the people H5971 of the LORD H3068 and the house H1004 of Israel H3478, because H3588 they had fallen H5307 by the sword H2719.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:31 -

Then David H1732 said H559 to Joab H3097 and to all H3605 the people H5971 who H834 were with him, “Tear H7167 your clothes H899 and put H2296 on H2296 sackcloth H8242, and mourn H5594 before H6440 Abner H74.” And King H4428 David H1732 walked H1980 behind H310 the bier H4296.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:26 -

Now when Uriah’s H223 wife H802 heard H8085 that her husband H376 Uriah H223 was dead H4191, she mourned H5594 for her husband H1167.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:29 - So the prophet H5030 picked H5375 up H5375 the body H5038 of the man H376 of God H430 and laid H5117 it on the donkey H2543 and brought H7725 it back H7725; and he came H935 to the city H5892 of the old H2205 prophet H5030 to mourn H5594 and to bury H6912 him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:30 - He laid H5117 his body H5038 in his own grave H6913, and they mourned H5594 over H5921 him, saying, “Oh H1945, my brother H251!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:13 - “Then all H3605 Israel H3478 will mourn H5594 for him and bury H6912 him, for [fn]he alone H905 of Jeroboam’s H3379 family will come H935 to the grave H6913, because H3282 in him something H1697 good H2896 was found H4672 toward H413 the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 in the house H1004 of Jeroboam H3379.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:18 - Then all H3605 Israel H3478 buried H6912 him and mourned H5594 for him, in accordance with the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 which H834 He had spoken H1696 through H3027 His servant H5650 Ahijah H281 the prophet H5030.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:4 -

A time H6256 to weep H1058 and a time H6256 to laugh H7832;

A time H6256 to mourn H5594 and a time H6256 to dance H7540.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:5 - Furthermore H1571, people are H3372 afraid H3372 of a high H1364 place and of terrors H2849 on the road H1870; the almond H8247 tree H8247 blossoms H5340, the grasshopper H2284 drags H5445 itself along, and the caper H35 berry H35 is ineffective H6565. For man H120 goes H1980 to his eternal H5769 home H1004 while the mourners H5594 move H5437 around H5437 in the street H7784.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:12 -

Beat H5594 your breasts H7699 for the pleasant H2531 fields H7704, for the fruitful H6509 vine H1612,

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:8 -

“For this H2088, put H2296 on H2296 sackcloth H8242,

Mourn H5594 and wail H3213;

For the fierce H2740 anger H639 of the LORD H3068

Has not turned H7725 away H7725 from us.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:4 - “They will die H4191 of deadly H4463 diseases H8463, they will not be mourned H5594 or buried H6912; they will be like dung H1828 on the surface H6440 of the ground H127. And they will perish H3615 by sword H2719 and famine H7458, and their dead H5038 bodies H5038 will become H1961 food H3978 for the birds H5775 of the sky H8064 and for the animals H929 of the earth H776.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:5 -

For this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559: “Do not enter H935 a house H1004 of mourning H4798, or go H1980 to mourn H5594 or to console H5110 them; for I have withdrawn H622 My peace H7965 from this H2088 people H5971,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068, “and My favor H2617 and compassion H7356.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:6 - “Both great H1419 people H1419 and small H6996 will die H4191 in this H2088 land H776; they will not be buried H6912, people will not mourn H5594 for them, nor H3808 will anyone make H1413 cuts H1413 on himself or have his head H7139 shaved H7139 for them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:18 -

Therefore H3651 this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559 regarding H413 Jehoiakim H3079 the son H1121 of Josiah H2977, king H4428 of Judah H3063:

“They will not mourn H5594 for him:

‘Oh H1945, my brother H251!’ or, ‘Oh H1945, sister H269!’

They will not mourn H5594 for him:

‘Oh H1945, for the master H113!’ or, ‘Oh H1945, for his splendor H1935!’

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:33 -

“Those put H2491 to H2491 death H2491 by the LORD H3068 on that day H3117 will be from one end H7097 of the earth H776 to the [fn]other H7097 H776. They will not be mourned H5594, gathered H622, or buried H6912; they will be like dung H1828 on the face H6440 of the ground H127.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:5 - ‘You will die H4191 in peace H7965; and as spices were burned H4955 for your fathers H1, the former H7223 kings H4428 who H834 were before H6440 you, so H3651 they will burn H8313 spices for you; and they will mourn H5594 for you, crying, “Oh H1945, my lord H113!”’ For I have spoken H1696 the word H1697,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:3 -

“Wail H3213, Heshbon H2809, for Ai H5857 has been destroyed H7703!

Cry H6817 out H6817, daughters H1323 of Rabbah H7237,

Put H2296 on H2296 sackcloth H8242 and mourn H5594,

And move H7751 about H7751 inside the walls H1448;

For [fn]Malcam H4445 will go H1980 into exile H1473

Together H3162 with his priests H3548 and his leaders H8269.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:16 - “Son H1121 of man H120, behold H2009, I am about to take H3947 from you what H4261 is H4261 precious H4261 to your eyes H5869 with a fatal H4046 blow H4046; but you shall not mourn H5594 and you shall not weep H1058, and your tears H1832 shall not come H935.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:23 - ‘Your turbans H6287 will be on your heads H7218, and your sandals H5275 on your feet H7272. You will not mourn H5594 and you will not weep H1058; but you will rot H4743 away H4743 in your guilty H5771 deeds H5771, and you will groan H5098 [fn]to one H376 another H251.
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:13 -

Put H2296 on H2296 sackcloth

And mourn H5594, you priests H3548;

Wail H3213, you ministers H8334 of the altar H4196!

Come H935, spend H3885 the H3885 night H3885 in sackcloth H8242,

You ministers H8334 of my God H430,

For the grain offering H4503 and the drink H5262 offering H5262

Have been withheld H4513 from the house H1004 of your God H430.

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:8 -

Because H5921 of this H2088 I must mourn H5594 and wail H3213,

I must go H1980 barefoot H7758 and naked H6174;

I must do H6213 mourning H4553 like the jackals H8565,

And a mourning H60 like the ostriches H3284.

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:11 -

[fn]Go H5674 on H5674 your way H5674, inhabitant H3427 of [fn]Shaphir H8208, in shameful H1322 nakedness H6181.

The inhabitant H3427 of [fn]Zaanan H6630 does not [fn]escape H3318.

The mourning H4553 of [fn]Beth-ezel H1018: “He will take H3947 from you its [fn]support H5979.”

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:5 - “Say H559 to all H3605 the people H5971 of the land H776 and to the priests H3548, ‘When H3588 you fasted H6684 and mourned H5594 in the fifth H2549 and seventh H7637 months [fn]these H2088 seventy H7657 years H8141, was it actually H6684 for Me that you fasted H6684?
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:10 -

“And I will pour H8210 out H8210 on the house H1004 of David H1732 and on the inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem H3389 [fn]the Spirit H7307 of grace H2580 and of pleading H8469, so that they will look H5027 at Me whom H834 they pierced H1856; and they will mourn H5594 for Him, like one mourning H5594 for an only H3173 son H3173, and they will weep H4843 bitterly H4843 over H5921 Him like the bitter H4843 weeping H4843 over H5921 a firstborn H1060.

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:12 - “The land H776 will mourn H5594, every H4940 family H4940 by H905 itself H905; the family H4940 of the house H1004 of David H1732 by H905 itself H905 and their wives H802 by H905 themselves H905; the family H4940 of the house H1004 of Nathan H5416 by H905 itself H905 and their wives H802 by H905 themselves H905;
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