Definition
or שָׂפַק; (1 Kings 20:10; Job 27:23; Isaiah 2:6), a primitive root; to clap the hands (in token of compact, derision, grief, indignation, or punishment); by implication of satisfaction, to be enough; by implication of excess, to vomit
Traditional renderings: clap, smite, strike, suffice, wallow.
Traditional renderings: clap, smite, strike, suffice, wallow.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders סָפַק:
- λογίζομαιlogizomai“to count”always
Usage patterns
Occurrences
10 total
- Numbers 24:10וַיִּסְפֹּ֖ק · togetherThen Balak’s anger burned against Balaam, and he struck his hands together and said to Balaam, “I summoned you to curse my enemies, but behold, you have persisted in blessing them these three times.
- 1 Kings 20:10יִשְׂפֹּק֙ · remainsThen Ben-hadad sent another message to Ahab: “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if enough dust remains of Samaria for each of my men to have a handful.”
- Job 27:23יִשְׂפֹּ֣ק · It clapsIt claps its hands at him and hisses him out of his place.
- Job 34:26סְפָקָ֗ם · He strikes themHe strikes them for their wickedness in full view,
- Job 34:37יִסְפּ֑וֹק · he claps [his hands]For he adds rebellion to his sin; he claps his hands among us and multiplies his words against God.”
- Isaiah 2:6יַשְׂפִּֽיקוּ׃ · they strike [hands]For You have abandoned Your people, the house of Jacob, because they are filled with influences from the east; they are soothsayers like the Philistines; they strike hands with the children of foreigners.
- Jeremiah 31:19סָפַ֖קְתִּי · I struck [my thigh]After I returned, I repented; and after I was instructed, I struck my thigh in grief. I was ashamed and humiliated because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’
- Jeremiah 48:26וְסָפַ֤ק · will wallow“Make him drunk, because he has magnified himself against the LORD; so Moab will wallow in his own vomit, and he will also become a laughingstock.
- Lamentations 2:15סָֽפְק֨וּ · clapAll who pass by clap their hands at you in scorn. They hiss and shake their heads at the Daughter of Jerusalem: “Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?”
- Ezekiel 21:12סְפֹ֥ק · strikeCry out and wail, O son of man, for the sword is wielded against My people; it is against all the princes of Israel! They are tossed to the sword with My people; therefore strike your thigh.