H5595

סָפָה

sa.phahH:V

to snatch

1) to sweep or snatch away, catch up, destroy, consume 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be snatched away 1a2) to sweep or snatch away 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be swept away, be destroyed 1b2) to be caught up, be captured 1c) (Hiphil) to catch up, gather

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

[סָפָה] verb sweep away or snatch away, catch up (Late Hebrew ׳ספ, סָפָא collect (rare), ᵑ7 ׳סְפִ (rare), Syriac collect, pick up; Arabic of wind, raise dust and carry it away Lane¹³⁷⁷); —

Qal 1. intransitive: Perfect 3 feminine singular סָֽפְתָה Jer 12:4 be snatched away (read possibly סָ֫פָה [סוף]).

2. transitive: Imperfect 3 feminine singular תִּסְפֶּה Isa 7:20 sweep away beard; 2 masculine singular תִּסְפֶּה Gen 18:23; Gen 18:24 sweep away indiscriminately (good and bad); Infinitive construct סְפוֺת Deut 29:18 to snatch away the moist with the dry (proverb. expression, compare Dr), suffix לִסְפּוֺתָהּ Ps 40:15 to snatch it away (i.e. my life). — וְסָפ֫וּ Amos 3:15 see סוף. Niph`al Pf . 3 masculine singular וְנִסְפָּה consecutive 1Sam 26:10 Imperfect 2 masculine singularתִּסָּפֶה Gen 19:15; Gen 19:17 1 singular אֶסָּפֶה 1Sam 27:1 2 masculine plural תִּסָּפוּ Num 16:26, תִּסָּפ֑וּ 1Sam 12:25 Participle נִסְפֶּה Isa 13:15; Prov 13:23 (1Chr 21:12 see below); —

1. be swept away, destroyed, Gen 19:15 (בַּעֲוֺן הָעִיר by reason of the iniquity of the city), vGen 19:17 (both J), Num 16:26 (JE) 1Sam 12:25; 1Sam 26:10 (in battle), + בְּיַד of agent 1Sam 27:1 compare וְיֵשׁ נִסְפֶּה בְּלאֹ מִשְׁפָּט Prov 13:23 and there is that is swept away for lack of justice. — 1Chr 21:12 read נוּסְךָ (as || 2Sam 24:13, see נוּס).

2. be caught up, captured, Isa 13:15 (|| נִמְצָא). Hiph`il Imperfect1 singular אֵסְפֶּה עָלֵימוֺ רָעוֺת Deut 32:23 I will catch up against them calamities, but read אֹסְפָה I will gather (√ אסף), or < אֹסִפָה (Di Dr Buhl^{Lex 13}) I will add, i.e.multiply (√ יסף; see Ges^{«GKC:69h»§ 69h}, note).

13 occurrences

Genesis (3), Numbers (2), Deuteronomy (1), I Samuel (1), I Chronicles (1), Proverbs (1), Isaiah (2), Jeremiah (1), Amos (1)