Strongs Number: H5594
- Hebrew Word
- סָפַד
- Transliteration
- çâphad
- Phonetic
- saw-fad'
- Part of Speech
- Verb
- Strongs Definition
-
properly to tear the hair and beat the breasts (as Orientals do in grief); generally to lament; by implication to wail
- BDB Definition
-
1. to wail, lament, mourn
a. (Qal)
1. to wail, lament
2. wailers (participle)
b. (Niphal) to be lamented, be bewailed
- Origin
- A primitive root
- Bible Usage
- {lament} mourn ({-er}) wail.