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Strong's #5603 - סָפַן
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- to cover, cover in, wainscotted, covered with boards or panelling
- (Qal)
- to cover in, panel
- covered, panelled (participle)
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2498) npx (ספנ SPN) AC: Cover CO: Treasure AB: ?
V) npx (ספנ SPN) - Cover: To cover as a ceiling or to hide. [df: NpV] KJV (7): (vf: Paal, Participle) cover, cieled, seat, treasure - Strongs: H5603 (סָפַן), H8226 (שָׂפַן)
bf1 ) enipx (ספינה SPYNH) - Ship: [Unknown connection to root;] KJV (1): ship - Strongs: H5600 (סְפִינָה)
edm) nfpix (סיפונ SYPWN) - Ceiling: [df: Npo] KJV (1): cieling - Strongs: H5604 (סִפֻּן)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
verb cover, cover in, panel (Late Hebrew סָפַן is respect, care for; Phoenician מספנת roof, Lzb330; Aramaic סְפַן Ithpe`el be covered, overlaid; Assyrian sapânu (sometimes šapânu!), cover, over-whelm Dl508; sapannu, concealment, obscurity, depth (of sea); Ethiopic invalescere, percrebescere, praevalere, Di406); —
Qal Imperfect 3 masculine singular וַיִּסְמֹּן אֶתהַֿבַּיִת גֵּבִים 1 Kings 6:9 and he covered in the house with beams (?); Infinitive absolute סָפוֺן בָּאָ֑רֶז Jeremiah 22:14 (reading with JDMich Hi Gf Or Gie Co, חַלּוֺנָיוסָפוֺן, for ᵑ0חַלּוֺנַי וְסָפוּן, compare Dr Sm xxx) covering (it) in, panelling (it) with cedar; Passive participle סָפוּן בְּאֶרֶז 1 Kings 7:7, סָפֻן בְּאֶרֶז 1 Kings 7:3; plural בְּבָֽתֵּיכֶםסְפוּנִים Haggai 1:14 in your panelled houses. — סָפוּן strangely = reserved, laid up, Deuteronomy 33:21, and = hidden Deuteronomy 33:19 שְׂפֻנֵי טְמֻנֵי חוֺל (only here with שׂ; both in sense of צָפוּן [read this ?], compare Dr).
סָפַן fut. יִסְפֹּן prop. to cover (comp. the kindred roots צָפַן, שָׂפַן). Hence
(1) to cover, as with beams or rafters; followed by two acc., 1 Kings 6:9, 7:3.
(2) to floor, to cover with boards, 1 Kings 7:7; Jeremiah 22:14; Haggai 1:4.
(3) to hide, to preserve. Deuteronomy 33:21, וַיַּרְא בִּי־שָׁם הֶלְקַת מְחֹקֵק סָפוּן “and he saw a portion assigned by the law-giver there preserved,” (סָפוּן agrees in gender not with חֶלְקָה to which it refers, but with the nearer word מְחֹקֵק, comp. 1 Samuel 2:4 Lehrg. p. 721).
Derived nouns סִפּוּן, סְפִינָה.