סַף
saph
“basin”
Definition
a vestibule (as a limit); also a dish (for holding blood or wine)
from H5605 (סָפַף), in its original sense of containing;
- a spreading out, basin, goblet, bowl 1a) basin, goblet
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Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
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Occurrences
סַף appears 26 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Shallum son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his relatives from the Korahites were assigned to guard the thresholds of the Tent, just as their fathers had been assigned to guard the entrance to the dwelling of the LORD.
He overlaid its beams, thresholds, walls, and doors with gold, and he carved cherubim on the walls.
They brought beds, basins, and earthen vessels, as well as wheat, barley, flour, roasted grain, beans, lentils,
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In the morning, when her master got up and opened the doors of the house to go out on his journey, there was his concubine, collapsed in the doorway of the house, with her hands on the threshold.
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