שְׁפִי
she.phi
“bareness”
Definition
bareness; concretely, a bare hill or plain
from H8192 (שָׁפָה);
- bareness, smooth or bare height, bare place, high places, barren height 1a) bareness 1b) bare place, bare height
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
שְׁפִי appears 9 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
I will open rivers on the barren heights,and fountains in the middle of the valleys.I will turn the desert into a pool of water,and the dry land into flowing springs.
to say to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’and to those in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’They will feed along the pathways,and find pasture on every barren hill.
Over all the barren heights in the wildernessthe destroyers have come,for the sword of the LORD devoursfrom one end of the earth to the other.No flesh has peace.
Wild donkeys stand on barren heights;they pant for air like jackals;their eyes fail for lack of pasture.”
“Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and see.Is there any place where you have not been violated?You sat beside the highways waiting for your lovers,like a nomad in the desert.You have defiled the landwith your prostitution and wickedness.
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