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H6884

צָרַף

tsa.raphH:V

to refine

1) to smelt, refine, test 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to smelt, refine 1a2) to test 1a3) to test (and prove true) 1a4) smelter, refiner, goldsmith (participle) 1b) (Niphal) to be refined 1c) (Piel) to be a refiner 1c1) refiner (participle)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

צָרַף verb smelt, refine, test (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician מצרף smelter; Assyrian ƒurrupu, refined, ƒarpu, silver, naƒraptu, crucible; Arabic is pure, unmixed (especially of wine);

**compare pure silver, etc., SchulthGGA, 1902, 673; also ZimGGA, 1899, 250; KAT 3, 650 (Hebrew, etc., borrowed from Assyrian); very doubtful is Sabean צרף silver, money, compare MordtmHim. Inschr. pp. 14, 29 CISiv, No. 291, 1.1); —
Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ׳צ Jer 6:29, suffix צְרָפָ֑תְהוּ Ps 105:19 2 masculine singular suffix צְרַפְתָּנִי Ps 17:3, etc.; Imperfect 1 singular אֶצְרֹף Isa 1:25, suffix אֶצְרְפֶנּוּ Judg 7:4 Imperative masculine singular צרופה Ps 26:2 Kt, צָרְפָה Qr; Infinitive absolute צָרוֺף Jer 6:29 construct לִצְרוֺף Dan 11:35, etc.; Participle active suffix צוֺרְכָּם Jer 9:6, etc.; pass. צָרוּף Ps 12:7, etc.; —
1. smelt, refine: Jer 6:29 (twice in verse) in vain hath he smelted continually (infinitive absolute; figurative of purifying people); so smelt away Isa 1:25 (accusative of dross; figurative); of silver Zech 13:9; Ps 66:10, כֶּסֶף צָרוּף בַּעֲלִיל Ps 12:7 (all simile); of ׳אִמְרַת י Ps 18:31 = 2Sam 22:31; Ps 119:140; Prov 30:5 (אִמְרַת אֱלוֺהַּ); refine (men, by trials) Dan 11:35 (+ לִבָרֵר, לַלְבֵּן).
2. test Judg 7:4 I will test them (the warriors) for thee (׳י subject); — perhaps also vJudg 7:3 (see I. צפר); more generally, of ׳י's testing, trying (the hearts of) men (often || בָּחַן) Jer 9:6; Isa 48:10; Zech 13:9; Ps 26:2; Ps 66:10.
3. test (and prove true) a man (subject ׳י's saying) Ps 105:19.
4. Participle active as noun smelter, refiner, hence = goldsmith Judg 17:4; Jer 10:9; Jer 10:14; Jer 51:17; Isa 40:19 (twice in verse) (but perhaps strike out vb, compare Du Che Marti), Isa 41:7; Isa 46:6; Prov 25:4 as a guild Neh 3:8; Neh 3:32. Niph`al Imperfect 3 masculine plural יִצָּֽרְפוּ Dan 12:10 many shall be refined (by suffering; + יִתְבָּֽרְרוּ, יִתְלַבְּנוּ). Pi`el Participle מְצָרֵף as noun a refiner, ׳כְּאֵשׁ מ Mal 3:2 (simile of ׳י), compare ׳מְ alone vMal 3:3 (+ מְטַהֵר כֶּסֶף).

25 occurrences

Judges (2), II Samuel (1), Nehemiah (1), Psalms (5), Proverbs (2), Isaiah (5), Jeremiah (4), Daniel (2), Zechariah (1), Malachi (2)