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Strong's #8210 - שָׁפַךְ
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- to pour, pour out, spill
- (Qal)
- to pour, pour out
- to shed (blood)
- to pour out (anger or heart) (fig)
- (Niphal) to be poured out, be shed
- (Pual) to be poured out, be shed
- (Hithpael)
- to be poured out
- to pour out oneself
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2865) kps (סהפכ ShPK) AC: Pour CO: Penis AB: ?: [from: kp- pouring]
V) kps (סהפכ ShPK) - Pour: To pour out a liquid including the blood of an animal in sacrifice or a man. KJV (115): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hitpael, Pual) pour, shed, cast, gush - Strongs: H8210 (שָׁפַךְ)
Nm) kps (סהפכ ShPK) - Poured: Something poured out. KJV (2): poured - Strongs: H8211 (שֶׁפֶךְ)
Nf1) ekps (סהפכה ShPKH) - Penis: In the sense of what pours out. KJV (1): member - Strongs: H8212 (שָׁפְכָה)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ׳שׁ 1 Kings 2:31 +; 3 feminine singular suffix שְׁפָכַ֫תְהוּ Ezekiel 24:7, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִשְׁפֹךְ 2 Kings 19:32 +; 2 masculine singular suffix 3 masculine singular תִּשְׁמְּכֶנּוּ Deuteronomy 12:16 +, etc.; Imperative masculine singular שְׁפוֺךְ Judges 6:20 +, שְׁפָךְֿ Psalm 69:25; feminine singular שִׁפְכִי Lamentations 2:19, etc.; Infinitive construct שְׁפָךְֿ 1 Kings 18:28 +, לִשְׁפֹךְ Isaiah 59:7 +, etc.; Participle active שֹׁפֵךְ Genesis 9:6 +, feminine שֹׁפֶ֫כֶת Ezekiel 22:3, etc.; passive שָׁפוּךְ Psalm 79:10, שְׁפוּכָה Ezekiel 20:33,34; — 1 literal:
a. pour out, pour water Exodus 4:9 (J; accusative of location). 1 Samuel 7:6 (+ ׳לִפְנֵי י, unique, symbol of contrition), עַלמְּֿנֵי הָאָרֶץ (subject ׳י) Amos 5:8; Amos 9:6; blood like water (to flow away and be absorbed), עַלהָֿאָרֶץ Deuteronomy 12:16,24; Deuteronomy 15:23, compare Leviticus 17:13 (H) Ezekiel 24:7; also + אֶל location Exodus 29:12; Leviticus 4:7,18,25,30,34; + עַל person reflexive 1 Kings 18:28; pour out broth Judges 6:20, libation (נֶסֶךְ, to (ל) false gods) Isaiah 57:6; dust Leviticus 14:41 (P; אֶל location); with accusative סִלְלָה mound (in siege), = made by pouring (earth, originally from baskets, see especially Assyrian šapâku Dl WB 679 b Jen Kosmol. 41), + עַלֿ of city 2 Kings 19:32 = Isaiah 37:33; Jeremiah 6:6; Ezekiel 4:2; Ezekiel 26:8, אֶלֿ 2 Samuel 20:15; absolute Ezekiel 17:17; Ezekiel 21:27; Daniel 11:15; מֵעָיו אַרְצָה׳וַיִּשׁ 2 Samuel 20:10 (by a sword-thrust in the belly), compare לָאָרֶץ מְרֵרָתִי׳יִשׁ Job 16:13 (metaphor, ׳י subject).
b. techn., accusative דָּם shed blood Genesis 37:22 (E) Genesis 9:6 (P) 1 Samuel 25:31; Ezekiel 22:4 9t. Ezekiel , + 15t. (passive Psalm 79:10) + Ezekiel 36:18 (with עַלהָֿאַרֶץ), 1 Chronicles 22:8 (with אַ֫רְצָה); accusative
a.דָּמִים 1 Kings 2:31; 1 Chronicles 28:3; Psalm 79:3 (כַּמַּיִם).
2 figurative:
a.׳י subject, pour out anger, etc.: ׳עֲלֵיהֶם אֶשׁכַּמַּיִם עֶבְרָתִי Hosea 5:10; חֲמָתִי עַל׳שׁ Ezekiel 14:19 8t. Ezekiel; Jeremiah 10:25; Isaiah 42:25; Psalm 79:6 (אֶל and עַל); accusative ׳ח omitted Jeremiah 6:11; with ב of location Lamentations 2:4; שְׁפוּכָה׳ח Ezekiel 20:33,34; accusative חֲרוֺן אַמּוֺ Lamentations 4:11; accusative זַעַם (עַל person) Ezekiel 21:36 3t.; accusative בּוּז contempt, עַל person, Job 12:21 = Psalm 107:40; pour their own wickedness עֲלֵיהֶם Jeremiah 14:16 (i.e. requite it); pour out רוּחִי עַל Ezekiel 39:29, compare Zechariah 12:10; Joel 3:1; Joel 3:2.
b. hum. subject pour out one's heart, etc., כַּמַּיִם לִבֵח Lamentations 2:19, לְפָנָיו לְבַבְכֶם Psalm 62:9 (i.e. before ׳י), ׳אֶתנַֿפְשִׁי לִפְנֵי י 1 Samuel 1:15, עָלַי (reflexive; see עַל 1 d) Psalm 42:5; ׳אֶתשִֿׂיחוֺ לִפְנֵי י Psalm 102:1 (title), compare Psalm 142:3; in bad sense, וַתִּשְׁמְּכִי אֶתתַּֿזְנוּתַיִח עַלֿ Ezekiel 16:15, compare Ezekiel 23:8.
Niph`al Perfect 3 masculine singular נִשְׁמַּח Lamentations 2:11, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִשָּׁפֵח Genesis 9:6 +, etc.; Infinitive construct הִשָּׁפֵךְ Ezekiel 16:36; — be poured out: of ashes 1 Kings 13:3,5, blood (עַל location) Deuteronomy 12:27; be shed, of blood Genesis 9:6 (P) Deuteronomy 19:10; in figure Lamentations 2:11 my liver is poured לָאָרֶץ (compare Qal 1 a near the end); Psalm 22:15 I am poured out like water (nerveless, helpless); subject נְּחֻשְׁתֵח Ezekiel 16:36 (see [II. נְחשֶׁת]; compare Ezekiel 16:15 Qal 2 b).
Pu`al Perfect 3 masculine singular consecutive וְשֻׁמַּח Zephaniah 1:17 be poured out כֶּעָפָר, of blood; שֻׁמַּח Numbers 35:33 (P) be shed, of blood; 3 feminine singular שֻׁמְּכָה Psalm 73:2 Kt my steps were caused to slip (Qr שֻׁמְּכוּ).
Hithpa`el Imperfect 3 feminine singular עָלַיתִּשְׁתַּפֵח נַפְשׁי Job 30:16 my soul pours itself out upon me (see Qal 2 b); 3 feminine plural תִּשְׁתַּמֶּכְנָה אַבְנֵיקִֿדֶשׁ Lamentations 4:1 figurative of slaughter; Infinitive construct בְּהִשְׁתַּפֵח נַפְשָׁםאֶלחֵֿיק אִמֹּתָם Lamentations 2:12, i.e. they expire.
שָׁפַךְ fut. יִשׁפֹךְ
(1) to pour, to pour out (Arabic سفك id., Ethiop. ሠበከ፡ to cast metals, kindred to סָפַח, سفح), e.g. a drink-offering, Isaiah 57:6. שָׁפַךְ דָּם to pour out blood, i.e. to commit slaughter, Genesis 9:6, 37:22 Ezekiel 14:19. Metaph. שָׁפַךְ נַפְשׁוֹ Psalms 42:5 and שׁ׳ לִבּוֹ Lamentations 2:19 to Pour out one’s soul, i.e. to be poured out in tears and complaints, followed by לִפְנֵי יְיָ 1 Samuel 1:15; Psalms 62:9 compare Lam. loc. cit., שָׁפַךְ חֲמָתוֹ עַל to pour one’s anger upon any one, Ezekiel 14:19, 22:22 Lamentations 2:4.
(2) to heap up a mound (auffchütten), Ezekiel 26:8.
Niphal
(1) to be poured out, 1 Kings 13:5. Metaph., Psalms 22:15, “I am poured out like water,” a description of a man who cannot arise from weakness [Christ bearing our sins vicariously].
(2) to be poured out, i.e. profusely expended (as money), Ezekiel 16:36 comp. ἐκχέω, Tob_4:18.
Pual, to be poured out, used of one’s steps, i.e. to slip, Psalms 73:2 קרי, compare the Lat. fundi, for prosterni.
Hithpael, to be poured out, Lamentations 4:1. The phrase, “my soul is poured out,” is
(a) it pours itself out in complaints, Job 30:16.
(b) my blood is poured out, I die, Lamentations 2:12. Hence