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# שֶׁצֶף

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H8241

**flood** — used 1 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 1 verse word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

flood [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8241/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

שֶׁ֫טֶף: n.m. flood [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8241/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Na 1:8 flood;—abs. שֶׁ֫טֶף Na 1:8 + 3 times; cstr. שֶׁ׳ Pr 27:4, שֵׁ׳ ψ 32:6;—flood, fig. of י׳’s judgment, שׁ׳ עֹבֵר Na 1:8, cf. Dn 9:26, זְרֹעוֹת הַשּׁ׳ 11:22 (cf. Dr); of calamity, שׁ׳ מַיִם רַבִּים ψ 32:6; שׁ׳ אָף Pr 27:4 a flood of anger; so שֶׁצֶף קֶצֶף Is 54:8 (צ for ט bef. foll. צ Ew Di; \> Du Che Marti del. שׁ׳ as dittogr.); שֶׁטֶף lit. of rainflood, Jb 38:25.

Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: a flood (1).

## In the verses

[Isaiah 54:8](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.54.8/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.54.8/#tree)

בְּשֶׁ֣צֶף קֶ֗צֶף הִסְתַּ֨רְתִּי פָנַ֥י רֶ֙גַע֙ מִמֵּ֔ךְ וּבְחֶ֥סֶד עוֹלָ֖ם רִֽחַמְתִּ֑יךְ אָמַ֥ר גֹּאֲלֵ֖ךְ יְהוָֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* in a.flood of.wrath I.hid face my a.moment from you and in covenant.loyalty of.perpetuity I will.have.compassion.on.you he.says redeemer your Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* In a little wrath I hid My face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have compassion on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/8241.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8241/): 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).