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# סוֹף

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H5490

**end** — used 5 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

end [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5490/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

סוֹף: n.m. end [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5490/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ec 7:2 end, late synon. of קֵץ;—ס׳ abs. Ec 3:11, cstr. 2 Ch 20:16 + 2 times; sf. סֹפוֹ Jo 2:26;—end of wady 2 Ch 20:16, of invading swarm Jo 2:20; of God’s work מֵרֹאשׁ וְעַד־סוֹף Ec 3:11; death as end of all men 7:2; = conclusion, sum of instruction 12:13. Cf. Biblical Aramaic.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (11 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (9 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: end (2); \[is\] the end (1); \[the\] end (1).

## In the verses

[Ecclesiastes 12:13](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.12.13/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.12.13/#tree)

ס֥וֹף דָּבָ֖ר הַכֹּ֣ל נִשְׁמָ֑ע אֶת־הָאֱלֹהִ֤ים יְרָא֙ וְאֶת־מִצְוֺתָ֣יו שְׁמ֔וֹר כִּי־זֶ֖ה כָּל־הָאָדָֽם׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].end of.\[the\].matter (the) everything it.has.been.heard (et) (the) God fear and (et) commandments his keep (dm) this \[is\].all (the) humankind

*JPS 1917:* The end of the matter, all having been heard: fear God, and keep His commandments; for this is the whole man.

[2 Chronicles 20:16](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.20.16/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.20.16/#tree)

מָחָר֙ רְד֣וּ עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם הִנָּ֥ם עֹלִ֖ים בְּמַעֲלֵ֣ה הַצִּ֑יץ וּמְצָאתֶ֤ם אֹתָם֙ בְּס֣וֹף הַנַּ֔חַל פְּנֵ֖י מִדְבַּ֥ר יְרוּאֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* tomorrow go.down on them there they \[will.be\].coming.up on the.ascent of.(the) Ziz and you.will.find them at the.end of the.wadi the.face of.the.wilderness of.Jeruel

*JPS 1917:* To-morrow go ye down against them; behold, they come up by the ascent of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the valley, before the wilderness of Jeruel.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5490.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5490/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).