What does סָפָה mean in the Bible?
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Hebrew · H5595
סָפָה
Properly, to scrape (literally, to shave; but usually figuratively) together (i.e. to accumulate or increase) or away (i.e. to scatter, remove, or ruin; intransitively, to perish)
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סָפָה H5595
What does סָפָה mean in the Bible?
סָפָה is a Hebrew word meaning "properly, to scrape (literally, to shave; but usually figuratively) together (i.e. to accumulate or increase) or away (i.e. to scatter, remove, or ruin; intransitively, to perish)".
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How does the BSB render H5595?
The BSB source-word alignment has 19 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include you will be swept away (3), and perish (1), and to remove (1), have been swept away (1), heaping up (1).
Where does סָפָה appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 18:23. Its strongest book concentrations include Genesis (4), 1 Samuel (3), Isaiah (3), Deuteronomy (2).
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 you will be swept away 3× Genesis 19:15, Genesis 19:17, Numbers 16:26
and perish 1× 1 Samuel 26:10
and to remove 1× Isaiah 7:20
have been swept away 1× Jeremiah 12:4
heaping up 1× Isaiah 30:1
I will be swept away 1× 1 Samuel 27:1
I will heap 1× Deuteronomy 32:23
is captured 1× Isaiah 13:15
of being swept away 1× 1 Chronicles 21:12
stoke 1× Numbers 32:14
sweep away 1× Genesis 18:23
sweep it away 1× Genesis 18:24
swept away 1× Proverbs 13:23
This will bring disaster 1× Deuteronomy 29:19
vvv 1× Psalms 40:14
will be swept away 1× 1 Samuel 12:25
will come to an end 1× Amos 3:15
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 18:23 תִּסְפֶּ֔ה to sweep away Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Genesis 18:24 תִּסְפֶּה֙ to sweep it away Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Genesis 19:15 תִּסָּפֶ֖ה to you will be swept away Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Genesis 19:17 תִּסָּפֶֽה׃ to you will be swept away Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Numbers 16:26 תִּסָּפ֖וּ to you will be swept away Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural Numbers 32:14 לִסְפּ֣וֹת to stoke Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Deuteronomy 29:19 סְפ֥וֹת to This will bring disaster Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Deuteronomy 32:23 אַסְפֶּ֥ה to I will heap Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular 1 Samuel 12:25 תִּסָּפֽוּ׃פ to will be swept away Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural 1 Samuel 26:10 וְנִסְפָּֽה׃ to and perish Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Genesis 18:23
Aligned rows 19
Books represented 10
Genesis 4 Numbers 2 Deuteronomy 2 1 Samuel 3 1 Chronicles 1 Psalms 1 Proverbs 1 Isaiah 3 Jeremiah 1 Amos 1
Source forms
סְפ֥וֹת 2x sə·p̄ō·wṯ Deuteronomy 29:19, Isaiah 30:1
אֶסָּפֶ֥ה 1x ’es·sā·p̄eh 1 Samuel 27:1
אַסְפֶּ֥ה 1x ’as·peh Deuteronomy 32:23
הַנִּסְפֶּ֖ה 1x han·nis·peh Isaiah 13:15
וְנִסְפָּֽה׃ 1x wə·nis·pāh 1 Samuel 26:10
וְסָפ֛וּ 1x wə·sā·p̄ū Amos 3:15
לִסְפּ֣וֹת 1x lis·pō·wṯ Numbers 32:14
לִסְפּ֫וֹתָ֥הּ 1x lis·pō·w·ṯāh Psalms 40:14
Parsing patterns
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural 2x Numbers 16:26, 1 Samuel 12:25
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular 2x Genesis 19:15, Genesis 19:17
Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular 2x 1 Chronicles 21:12, Proverbs 13:23
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular 2x Genesis 18:23, Genesis 18:24
Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct 2x Deuteronomy 29:19, Isaiah 30:1
Article | Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular 1x Isaiah 13:15
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular 1x 1 Samuel 26:10
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural 1x Amos 3:15
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. properly, to scrape (literally, to shave; but usually figuratively) together (i.e. to accumulate or increase) or away (i.e. to scatter, remove, or ruin; intransitively, to perish)
Source Gloss
properly, to scrape (literally, to shave; but usually figuratively) together (i.e. to accumulate or increase) or away (i.e. to scatter, remove, or ruin; intransitively, to perish)
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
properly, to scrape (literally, to shave; but usually figuratively) together (i.e. to accumulate or increase) or away (i.e. to scatter, remove, or ruin; intransitively, to perish) BDB: sweep Usage: add, augment, consume, destroy, heap, join, perish, put.
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 3 Aligned forms 16
Niphal passive or reflexive — the subject receives or experiences the action 7×
Imperfect 1Sam 12:25 · Num 16:26 · Gen 19:15 · Gen 19:17 · 1Sam 27:1 5×
Participle active 1Chr 21:12 · Prov 13:23 2×
Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 8×
Imperfect Gen 18:23 · Gen 18:24 · Isa 7:20 3×
Infinitive construct Deut 29:18 · Isa 30:1 2×
Sequential imperfect Isa 29:1 · Jer 7:21 2×
Perfect Jer 12:4 1×
Hiphil causative active — the subject causes someone else to perform the action 1×
Imperfect Deut 32:23 1×
Word Origins
סָפָה 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