סַף
sap
threshhold
Strong's H5592NounHebrewTWOT 1538b

סַף (sap) is a Hebrew noun meaning threshhold. It appears 32 times in 14 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H5592).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1538b)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1538b)threshhold, sill; vestibule, dish; bason, bowl, cup, door, gate, post, threshold
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

סַף noun, masculine: threshhold, sill

Strong's H5592 סַף: a vestibule (as a limit); also a dish (for holding blood or wine)
KJV:bason, bowl, cup, door (post), gate, post, threshold.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1538: ספף spp — Root of: סַף threshhold, sill; סַף basin, goblet; סָפַף stand at, guard, threshold

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Exodus 12:22Judges 19:272 Samuel 17:28

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