What does סוּף mean in the Bible?
e. terminate".
Hebrew · H5486
סוּף
To snatch away, i.e. terminate
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סוּף H5486
What does סוּף mean in the Bible?
סוּף is a Hebrew word meaning "to snatch away, i.e. terminate".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H5486?
The BSB source-word alignment has 7 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include . . . (2), I will sweep away (2), fade (1), swept away (1), will perish (1).
Where does סוּף appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Esther 9:28. Its strongest book concentrations include Zephaniah (3), Esther (1), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It . . . 2× Jeremiah 8:13, Zephaniah 1:2
I will sweep away 2× Zephaniah 1:3
fade 1× Esther 9:28
swept away 1× Psalms 73:19
will perish 1× Isaiah 66:17
Show sample aligned rows
Esther 9:28 יָס֥וּף to fade Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Psalms 73:19 סָ֥פוּ to swept away Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Isaiah 66:17 יָסֻ֖פוּ to will perish Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Jeremiah 8:13 אֲסִיפֵ֖ם to . . . Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine plural Zephaniah 1:2 אָסֵ֜ף to . . . Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Jussive - first person common singular Zephaniah 1:3 אָסֵ֨ף to I will sweep away Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Jussive - first person common singular Zephaniah 1:3 אָסֵ֤ף to I will sweep away Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Jussive - first person common singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Esther 9:28
Aligned rows 7
Books represented 5
Esther 1 Psalms 1 Isaiah 1 Jeremiah 1 Zephaniah 3
Source forms
אֲסִיפֵ֖ם 1x ’ă·sî·p̄êm Jeremiah 8:13
אָסֵ֜ף 1x ’ā·sêp̄ Zephaniah 1:2
אָסֵ֨ף 1x ’ā·sêp̄ Zephaniah 1:3
אָסֵ֤ף 1x ’ā·sêp̄ Zephaniah 1:3
יָס֥וּף 1x yā·sūp̄ Esther 9:28
יָסֻ֖פוּ 1x yā·su·p̄ū Isaiah 66:17
סָ֥פוּ 1x sā·p̄ū Psalms 73:19
Parsing patterns
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Jussive - first person common singular 3x Zephaniah 1:2, Zephaniah 1:3
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine plural 1x Jeremiah 8:13
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural 1x Isaiah 66:17
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular 1x Esther 9:28
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural 1x Psalms 73:19
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. to snatch away, i.e. terminate
Source Gloss
to snatch away, i.e. terminate
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
to snatch away, i.e. terminate BDB: come to an end Usage: consume, have an end, perish, × be utterly.
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 2 Aligned forms 4
Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 3×
Imperfect Esth 9:28 · Isa 66:17 2×
Perfect Ps 73:19 1×
Hiphil causative active — the subject causes someone else to perform the action 1×
Imperfect Zeph 1:2 1×
Word Origins
סוּף is a primitive root - no further derivation.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain