H5599B

סָפִיחַ

sa.phi.achH:N-M

aftergrowth

growth from spilled kernels, after-growth, volunteer plants

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

I. [סָפִיחַ] noun [masculine] outpouring ?; — plural suffix תִּשְׁטֹףסְֿפִיחֶיהָ עֲפַר הָאָרֶץ Job 14:19 (si vera lectio) its outpourings sweep away the dust of the earth, so most, but dubious; Bu proposes *סְחִיפָה, compare מָטָר סֹחֵף Prov 28:3.



II. סָפִיחַ noun [masculine] growth from spilled kernels ((kernels) poured out, accidentally, in harvesting, according to most; BuhlLex 13 and others think of additional growth, √ I. ספח); — it is what springs up of itself in second year, and serves as food when no grain could be sown: absolute ׳ס 2Kgs 19:29 = Isa 37:30 construct סְפִיחַ קְצִירְךָ Lev 25:5 suffix תִּקְצְרוּ אֶתסְֿפִיחֶיהַ vLev 25:11.


4 occurrences

Leviticus (2), II Kings (1), Isaiah (1)