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סָעִיף

«סָעִיף» in the Tanakh dictionary: cleft — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 4 times · Key: lemma:סָעִיף · BDB: סָעִיף

Glosses

the.cleft (2); the.clefts (2)

Meaning (OSHB)

cleft tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

cleft. branch tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[m.] 1. cleft. 2. branch;— cleft of a crag, cstr. סְעִיף סֶלַע Ju 15:8, 11; pl. cstr. וּבִסְעִפֵֿי הַסְּלָעִים Is 2:21; סְעִיפֵי הַסּ׳ 57:5. branches, boughs, pl. cstr. סְעִפֵֿי הַפֹּרִיָּה Is 17:6 (so divide, Hi Kn Di DrSm xxx Du al.) the boughs of the fruit-tree; sf. סְעִיפֶיהָ 27:10 (of ruined city; cf. קְצִירָהּ v 11).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «סָעִיף» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Judges 15:8

וַיַּ֨ךְ אוֹתָ֥ם שׁ֛וֹק עַל־יָרֵ֖ךְ מַכָּ֣ה גְדוֹלָ֑ה וַיֵּ֣רֶד וַיֵּ֔שֶׁב בִּסְעִ֖יף סֶ֥לַע עֵיטָֽם׃ס

Word for word: and he.defeated them leg with thigh a.defeat great and he.went.down and he.dwelt in the.cleft of.the.rock of.Etam

JPS 1917: And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter; and he went down and dwelt in the cleft of the rock of Etam.

Isaiah 57:5

הַנֵּֽחָמִים֙ בָּֽאֵלִ֔ים תַּ֖חַת כָּל־עֵ֣ץ רַעֲנָ֑ן שֹׁחֲטֵ֤י הַיְלָדִים֙ בַּנְּחָלִ֔ים תַּ֖חַת סְעִפֵ֥י הַסְּלָעִֽים׃

Word for word: [who are].inflaming.yourselves among the oaks under every tree luxuriant [who.are].slaughtering (of [the].children in the wadis under the.clefts of the.cliffs

JPS 1917: Ye that inflame yourselves among the terebinths, under every leafy tree; that slay the children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?

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