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Strong's #8313 - שָׂרַף
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- to burn
- (Qal) to burn
- (Niphal) to be burned
- (Piel) burner, burning (participle)
- (Pual) to be burnt up, be burned
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2512) prx (סרפ SRP) AC: Burn CO: Venom AB: ?: [from: pr- a burning wound]
V) prx (סרפ SRP) - Burn: [df: PrV] KJV (118): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Pual, Piel, Participle) burn, kindle, made - Strongs: H5635 (סָרַף), H8313 (שָׂרַף)
Nm ) prx (סרפ SRP) - Seraph: A venomous serpent from its burning venom. [df: PrV] KJV (7): fiery, serpent, seraphim - Strongs: H8314 (שָׂרָף)
Nf1 ) eprx (סרפה SRPH) - Burning: [df: hprV] KJV (13): burn, burning - Strongs: H8316 (שְׂרֵפָה)
hf1 ) eprxm (מסרפה MSRPH) - Burning: [df: hprVm] KJV (2): burning - Strongs: H4955 (מִשְׂרָפוֹת)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ׳שׂ Joshua 11:9 +, 3 feminine singular suffix שְׂרָפָ֫חַם Isaiah 47:14, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִשְׂרֹף Numbers 19:5 2t., more often וַיִּשְׂרֹף Exodus 32:20 +, 2 masculine plural תִּשְׂרְפוּן Deuteronomy 7:5 2t.; Infinitive absolute שָׂרוֺף 2 Samuel 23:7; construct שְׂרֹף Jeremiah 36:25 +; suffix שָׂרְפוֺ Judges 9:52; Amos 2:1; Participle active שׂרֵף Leviticus 16:28; Numbers 19:8, plural שׂרְפִים 2 Kings 17:31; passive masculine plural שְׂרֻפִים Numbers 17:4; feminine singular שְׂרוּפָה 1 Samuel 30:3, שְׂרֻפָה Psalm 80:17, plural שְׂרוּפוֺת Nehemiah 3:24, construct שְׂרֻפוֺת Isaiah 1:7; — burn (59t. + בָּאֵשׁ, 2t. + בְּמוֺאֵֿשׁ):
1 in making bricks, + לִשְׂרֵפָה Genesis 11:3 (J; object omitted).
2. a. with accusative of thing, usually to destroy, e.g. door Judges 9:52, house Judges 12:1; 1 Kings 16:18 (both with עַל person), Jeremiah 39:8 11t., compare passive participle Nehemiah 3:24, city Joshua 6:24; 1 Samuel 30:1,14 16t., compare passive participle 1 Samuel 30:3; Isaiah 1:7, chariots Joshua 11:6,9; 2 Kings 23:11; Psalm 46:10 (subject ׳י), idols, etc., Exodus 32:20 (accusative omitted), Deuteronomy 9:21 10t., roll Jeremiah 36:25,27,28,29,32, wood Isaiah 44:16,19 (both + בְּמוֺאֵֿשׁ), compare Psalm 80:17 (figurative), Jeremiah 51:32, hair Ezekiel 5:4; bones, to lime (as outrage) Amos 2:1; upon altars (in desecration) 1 Kings 13:2; 1 Kings 23:16; 1 Kings 23:20 2 Chronicles 34:5; bodies, as funeral rite 1 Samuel 31:12 (rare custom, RS Semitic i. 353; 2nd ed. 372; but Klo Bu read יִשְׂמְּדוּ [= ׳יִס]; compare Benz Archaeology 163; Ency. Bib. DEAD Now Archaeology i. 188); ׳שׂ as funeral rite also (object omitted, probably spices, compare 2 Chronicles 16:14), with ל person mort. Jeremiah 34:5, + accusative of congnate meaning with verb שְׂרֵפָה 2 Chronicles 16:14 (compare שְׂרֵפָה); in ceremonial of P (never of burning sacrifice on altar, הִקְטִיר, compare הֶעְֶלֶה, but) chiefly (14t.) of consuming refuse, especially unused portions of victims, etc. (to prevent use), and infected objects, Exodus 29:14,34 +, sometimes מִחוּץ לַמַּחֲנֶה Leviticus 4:12 (+ עַעֵָֿצִים), Leviticus 4:21 Leviticus 4:21 4t., etc., compare Ezekiel 43:21; also of burning red heifer (to produce ashes for purification) Numbers 19:5 (twice in verse); Numbers 19:3.
b. burn, with accusative of person, (1) as penalty Joshua 7:25 (JE), Judges 14:15; Judges 15:6; Leviticus 20:14, compare Numbers 17:4 (passive participle), Song of Solomon , אֵשׁ subject, Isaiah 47:14, with accusative of congnate meaning with verb שְׂרֵפָה Leviticus 10:6 (P); (2) as sacrifice, Jeremiah 7:31; Jeremiah 19:5; + ל dei Deuteronomy 12:31; 2 Kings 17:31.
Niph`al Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִשָּׂרֵף Joshua 7:15 +, 3 feminine plural תִּשָּׂרַפְנָה Proverbs 6:27, etc.; — be burned (11t. + בָּאֵשׁ): of city Jeremiah 38:17 + Jeremiah 38:23 (read תִּשָּׂרֵף for תִּשְׂרֹףᵐ5 ᵑ6ᵑ7 Hi Ew Gf Gie Du), idols, etc., Micah 1:7; 1 Chronicles 14:12; ritually (compare Qal 2 a near the end) Leviticus 4:12; Leviticus 6:23; Leviticus 7:17,19; Leviticus 13:52; Leviticus 19:6; of person, as penalty Genesis 38:24 (J), Joshua 7:15 (JE), 2 Samuel 23:7 (poetry), Leviticus 21:9 (H).
Pi`el Participle suffix מְסָֽרְפוֺ Amos 6:10 his burner, usually one burning him, but probably burning spices for him, see Dr and compare
Qal above
Pu`al Perfect 3 masculine singular שֹׂרָ֑ף, of goat Leviticus 10:16 it was burnt up (and gone).
שָׂרַף fut. יִשְׂרֹף.
(1) prop. to suck in, to absorb, to drink in (fchlürfen), to swallow down, i.q. Ch. שְׂרַף, and Syr. ܣܪܦ, see Middeldorpf, Curæ Hexapl. in Job., p. 15; compare under the root שָׂפָה. Hence
(2) to absorb with fire, i.e. to burn, to consume, as towns, houses, altars, Leviticus 4:21, 8:17 9:11 often with the addition of בָּאֵשׁ Joshua 11:9, 11 Joshua 11:11; Judges 18:27; 2 Kings 23:11, 25:9. Used of the burning of a corpse at the funeral, Jeremiah 34:5 also to burn, and to bake (bricks) by burning, Genesis 11:3.
Niphal, Leviticus 4:12, and
Pual, pass. of No. 2, Leviticus 10:16.
Derivatives, שְׂרֵפָה, מִשְׂרָפָה and perhaps שָׂרָף.
II.
שָׂרַף i.q. Arab. سرف and سَرُوَ to be noble. to be born of a noble race; whence شريف a noble, a prince. Hence שָׂרָף No. II.