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סָפָה — Brown–Driver–Briggs | Berean Institutes

Brown–Driver–Briggs: סָפָה

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סָפָה

sāpâ

sweep away

[סָפָה] vb. sweep or snatch away, catch up

Qal

1. intrans. be snatched away

2. trans. sweep away

Niph.

1. be swept away, destroyed

2. be caught up, captured

Hiph. I will catch up against them calamities

Brown–Driver–Briggs — CC-BY-4.0

Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) Hebrew Lexicon, openscriptures/HebrewLexicon, CC BY 4.0. Curated by Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project.