שָׂרַף 117 verb burn (
70 times + 
בָּאֵשׁ, 
2 times + 
בְּמוֺאֵֿשׁ) (Late Hebrew (rare) = Biblical Hebrew; Assyrian 
šarâpu; Aramaic 
שְׂרַף (rare); 

 is 
absorb, consume); — 
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular שׂ׳ Joshua 11:9 +, 
3rd person feminine singular suffix שְׂרָפָ֫חַם Isaiah 47:14, etc.; 
Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִשְׂרֹף Numbers 19:5 2 times, more often 
וַיִּשְׂרֹף Exodus 32:20 +, 
2rd person masculine plural תִּשְׂרְפוּן Deuteronomy 7:5 2 times; 
Infinitive absolute שָׂרוֺף 2 Samuel 23:7; construct 
שְׂרֹף Jeremiah 36:25 +; suffix 
שָׂרְפוֺ Judges 9:52; 
Amos 2:1; 
Participle active שׂרֵף Leviticus 16:28; 
Numbers 19:8, plural 
שׂרְפִים 2 Kings 17:31; 
passive masculine plural 
שְׂרֻפִים Numbers 17:4 [
Numbers 16:39]; feminine singular 
שְׂרוּפָה 1 Samuel 30:3, 
שְׂרֻפָה Psalm 80:17 [
Psalm 80:16], plural 
שְׂרוּפוֺת Nehemiah 3:24 [
Nehemiah 4:2],  construct 
שְׂרֻפוֺת Isaiah 1:7; — 
burn (
59 times + 
בָּאֵשׁ, 
2 times + 
בְּמוֺאֵֿשׁ): 
    1. in making bricks, + 
לִשְׂרֵפָה Genesis 11:3 (J; object omitted).
 
    2.
    a. with accusative of thing, usually to destroy, e.g. door 
Judges 9:52, house 
Judges 12:1; 
1 Kings 16:18 (both with 
עַל person), 
Jeremiah 39:8 11 times, compare passive participle 
Nehemiah 3:24, city 
Joshua 6:24; 
1 Samuel 30:1, 
1 Samuel 30:14 16 times, compare passive participle 
1 Samuel 30:3; 
Isaiah 1:7, chariots 
Joshua 11:6, 
Joshua 11:9; 
2 Kings 23:11; 
Psalm 46:10 [
Psalm 46:9] (subject 
י׳), idols, etc., 
Exodus 32:20 (accusative omitted), 
Deuteronomy 9:21 10 times, roll † 
Jeremiah 36:25, 
Jeremiah 36:27, 
Jeremiah 36:28, 
Jeremiah 36:29, 
Jeremiah 36:32, wood † 
Isaiah 44:16, 
Isaiah 44:19 (both + 
בְּמוֺאֵֿשׁ), compare 
Psalm 80:17 [
Psalm 80:16] (figurative), 
Jeremiah 51:32, hair † 
Ezekiel 5:4; bones, to lime (as outrage) † 
Amos 2:1; upon altars (in desecration) † 
1 Kings 13:2; 
1Ki 23:16 [
2 Kings 23:16]; 
1Ki 23:20 [
2 Kings 23:20] 
2 Chronicles 34:5; bodies, as funeral rite 
1 Samuel 31:12 (rare custom, RS
Semitic i. 353; 2nd ed. 372; but Klo Bu read 
יִשְׂפְּדוּ [= 
יִס׳]; compare Benz
Archaeology 163; Ency. Bib. DEAD Now
Archaeology i. 188); 
שׂ׳ as funeral rite also (object omitted, probably spices, compare 
2 Chronicles 16:14), with 
ל person dead 
Jeremiah 34:5, + accusative of congnate meaning with verb 
שְׂרֵפָה 2 Chronicles 16:14 (compare 
שְׂרֵפָה); in ceremonial of P (never of burning sacrifice on altar, 
הִקְטִיר, compare 
הֶעְֶלֶה, but) chiefly (
14 times) of consuming refuse, especially unused portions of victims, etc. (to prevent use), and infected objects, 
Exodus 29:14, 
Exodus 29:34 +, sometimes 
מִחוּץ לַמַּחֲנֶה Leviticus 4:12 (+ 
עַעֵָֿצִים), 
Leviticus 4:21 4 times, etc., compare 
Ezekiel 43:21; also of burning red heifer (to produce ashes for purification) 
Numbers 19:5 (twice in verse); 
Numbers 19:8.
 
    † b. burn, with accusative of person,
† 
Niph. Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִשָּׂרֵף Joshua 7:15 +, 
3rd person feminine plural תִּשָּׂרַפְנָה Proverbs 6:27, etc.; — 
be burned (
11 times + 
בָּאֵשׁ): of city 
Jeremiah 38:17 + 
Jeremiah 38:23 (read 
תִּשָּׂרֵף for 
תִּשְׂרֹף  
  
 
 Hi Ew Gf Gie Du), idols, etc., 
Micah 1:7; 
1 Chronicles 14:12; ritually (compare 
Qal 2 a near the end) 
Leviticus 4:12; 
Leviticus 6:23 [
Leviticus 6:30]; 
Leviticus 7:17, 
Leviticus 7:19; 
Leviticus 13:52; 
Leviticus 19:6; of person, as penalty 
Genesis 38:24 (J), 
Joshua 7:15 (JE), 
2 Samuel 23:7 (poetry), 
Leviticus 21:9 (H). 
† 
Pi. Participle suffix 
מְסָֽרְפוֺ [
H5635 Amos 6:10] 
his burner, usually 
one burning him, but probably 
burning spices for him, see Dr and compare 
Qal above. 
† 
Pu. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular שֹׂרָ֑ף, of goat 
Leviticus 10:16 it was burnt up (and gone).
														
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