סָעִיף

1. cleft.

2. branch; —

1. cleft of a crag, construct סְעִיף סֶלַע Judg 15:8; Judg 15:11 plural construct וּבִסְעִפֵֿי הַסְּלָעִים Isa 2:21 ׳סְעִיפֵי הַסּ Isa 57:5.

2. branches, boughs, plural construct סְעִפֵֿי הַפֹּרִיָּה Isa 17:6 (so divide, Hi Kn Di Dr^{Sm xxx} Du and others) the boughs of the fruit-tree; suffix סְעִיפֶיהָ Isa 27:10 (of ruined city; compare קְצִירָהּ vIsa 27:11).