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# שַׂרְעַפִּים

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H8312

**disquieting thoughts** — used 2 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

disquieting thoughts [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8312/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

שַׂרְעַפִּים: pl. disquieting thoughts [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8312/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\]pl. disquieting thoughts (cf. סַרְעַפָּה sub סעף, Ges§ 85 w);—sf. שַׂרְעַפַּי ψ 94:19 (appar. of anxious doubts); as secrets -פָּ֑י, 139:23 (open to י׳; ‖ לְבָבִי).

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

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: my disquieting thoughts (1); thoughts (1).

## In the verses

[Psalms 94:19](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.94.19/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.94.19/#tree)

בְּרֹ֣ב שַׂרְעַפַּ֣י בְּקִרְבִּ֑י תַּ֝נְחוּמֶ֗יךָ יְֽשַׁעַשְׁע֥וּ נַפְשִֽׁי׃

*Word for word:* in the.multitude my.disquieting.thoughts my in my.inner being consolations your they.delighted self my

*JPS 1917:* When my cares are many within me, Thy comforts delight my soul.

[Psalms 139:23](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.139.23/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.139.23/#tree)

חָקְרֵ֣נִי אֵ֭ל וְדַ֣ע לְבָבִ֑י בְּ֝חָנֵ֗נִי וְדַ֣ע שַׂרְעַפָּֽי׃

*Word for word:* examine me O.God and know heart my test me and know thoughts my.disquieting

*JPS 1917:* Search me, O God, and know my heart, try me, and know my thoughts;

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8312/): 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).