Saiph סָעִיף
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| סָעִיף | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | saiph |
| Strong's number | H5585 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | cleft |
| Occurrences | 6 in 6 verses |
| Most frequent in | Isaiah (4) |
Saiph (Hebrew סָעִיף, Strong's H5585) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “cleft”. It occurs 6 times in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) cleft, branch
1a) cleft (of a crag)
1b) branches, boughs
1a) cleft (of a crag)
1b) branches, boughs
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | top (2), branches (2), tops (1), clifts (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | cave (2), crevices (1), branches (1), its branches (1), clefts (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Saiph, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Judges
- Judges 15:8And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam.And he struck them ruthlessly with a great slaughter, and then went down and stayed in the cave at the rock of Etam.
- Judges 15:11Then three thousand men of Judah went to the top of the rock Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines are rulers over us? what is this that thou hast done unto us? And he said unto them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto them.In response, three thousand men of Judah went to the cave at the rock of Etam, and they asked Samson, “Do you not realize that the Philistines rule over us? What have you done to us?” “I have done to them what they did to me,” he replied.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 2:21To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.They will flee to caverns in the rocks and crevices in the cliffs, away from the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to shake the earth.
- Isaiah 17:6Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outmost fruitful branches thereof, saith the Lord God of Israel.Yet gleanings will remain, like an olive tree that has been beaten— two or three berries atop the tree, four or five on its fruitful branches,” declares the LORD, the God of Israel.
- Isaiah 27:10Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.For the fortified city lies deserted— a homestead abandoned, a wilderness forsaken. There the calves graze, and there they lie down; they strip its branches bare.
- Isaiah 57:5Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks?who burn with lust among the oaks, under every luxuriant tree, who slaughter your children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).