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Strong's #4553 - מִסְפֵּד
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- wailing
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2495) dpx (ספד SPD) AC: Mourn CO: ? AB: ?
V) dpx (ספד SPD) - Mourn: KJV (30): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Participle) mourn, lament, mourner, wail - Strongs: H5594 (סָפַד)
hm) dpxm (מספד MSPD) - Mourning: KJV (16): mourning, wailing, lamentation - Strongs: H4553 (מִסְפֵּד)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
1 for dead, Genesis 50:10 (J; as accusative of congnate meaning with verb), Zechariah 12:10 (with עַלֿ; compare Zechariah 12:11; Zechariah 12:11 below).
2 for calamity experienced Amos 5:16 (twice in verse) ("" אֵבֶל), vAmos 5:17; Micah 1:8 (כַּתַּנִּים׳מ, "" אֵבֶל), Micah 1:11; Jeremiah 48:38; Ezekiel 27:31, anticipated Jeremiah 6:26; Esther 4:3.
3 in contrition Isaiah 22:12 (+ בְּכִי), Joel 2:12 (+ צוֺם, בְּכִי), compare Zechariah 12:11 (twice in verse).
4 in General, Psalm 30:12 (opposed to מָחוֺל, compare Ecclesiastes 3:4).
מִסְפֵּד m. const. מִסְפַּד with suff. מִסְפְּדִי (from the root סָפַד) wailing, lamentation, Genesis 50:10; Amos 5:16, 17.