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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
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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

H5594

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

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:1 - And H4191➔ Samuel H8050 died; ➔H4191 and H6908➔ all H3605 the Israelites H3478 were gathered together, ➔H6908 and lamented H5594 him, and buried him H6912 in his house H1004 at Ramah. H7414 And H6965➔ David H1732 arose, ➔H6965 and went down H3381 to H413 the wilderness H4057 of Paran. H6290

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:12 - And they mourned, H5594 and wept, H1058 and fasted H6684 until H5704 even, H6153 for H5921 Saul, H7586 and for H5921 Jonathan H3083 his son, H1121 and for H5921 the people H5971 of the LORD, H3068 and for H5921 the house H1004 of Israel; H3478 because H3588 they were fallen H5307 by the sword. H2719

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:31 - And H559➔ David H1732 said ➔H559 to H413 Joab, H3097 and to H413 all H3605 the people H5971 that H834 were with him, H854 Rend H7167 your clothes, H899 and gird you H2296 with sackcloth, H8242 and mourn H5594 before H6440 Abner. H74 And king H4428 David H1732 himself followed H1980 H310 the bier. H4296

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:26 - And when H8085➔ the wife H802 of Uriah H223 heard ➔H8085 that H3588 Uriah H223 her husband H376 was dead, H4191 she mourned H5594 for H5921 her husband. H1167

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:30 - And he laid H3240 his carcase H5038 in his own grave; H6913 and they mourned H5594 over him, H5921 saying, Alas, H1945 my brother! H251

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:8 - For H5921 this H2063 gird you H2296 with sackcloth, H8242 lament H5594 and howl: H3213 for H3588 the H639➔ fierce H2740 anger ➔H639 of the LORD H3068 is H7725➔ not H3808 turned back ➔H7725 from us. H4480

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:5 - For H3588 thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD, H3068 Enter H935 not H408 into the house H1004 of mourning, H4798 neither H408 go H3212 to lament H5594 nor H408 bemoan H5110 them: for H3588 I have taken away H622 my peace H7965 from H854 this H2088 people, H5971 saith H5002 the LORD, H3068 even lovingkindness H2617 and H853 mercies. H7356

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:6 - Both H4191➔ the great H1419 and the small H6996 shall die ➔H4191 in H776➔ this H2063 land: ➔H776 they shall H6912➔ not H3808 be buried, ➔H6912 neither H3808 shall H5594➔ men lament ➔ H5594 for them, nor H3808 cut themselves, H1413 nor H3808 make themselves bald H7139 for them:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:33 - And H1961➔ the slain H2491 of the LORD H3068 shall be ➔H1961 at H3117➔ that H1931 day ➔H3117 from H7097➔ one end ➔H7097 of the earth H776 even unto H5704 the H7097➔ other end ➔H7097 of the earth: H776 they shall H5594➔ not H3808 be lamented, ➔ H5594 neither H3808 gathered, H622 nor H3808 buried; H6912 they shall be H1961 dung H1828 upon H5921 H6440 the ground. H127

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:5 - But thou shalt die H4191 in peace: H7965 and with the burnings H4955 of thy fathers, H1 the H4428➔ former H7223 kings ➔H4428 which H834 were H1961 before thee, H6440 so H3651 shall they burn H8313 odours for thee; and H1945➔ they will lament H5594 thee, saying, Ah ➔H1945 lord! H113 for H3588 I H589 have pronounced H1696 the word, H1697 saith H5002 the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:23 - And your tires H6287 shall be upon H5921 your heads, H7218 and your shoes H5275 upon your feet: H7272 ye shall H5594➔ not H3808 mourn ➔ H5594 nor H3808 weep; H1058 but ye shall pine away H4743 for your iniquities, H5771 and mourn H5098 one H376 toward H413 another. H251

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