STRONGS NUMBER H5592

H5592. caph

I. סַף‎ noun masculine basin, goblet (Late Hebrew סַף‎; Phoenician סף‎ (Inscription of Tyre^{(1), 5, 6}) Schröd^{ZMG xxxix (1886), 317 f.} ClGann^{Annales du Musée Guimet x. 511 = Recuell d'arch. orient.(1886), 89} Hal^{RŠJ xii.107} Bloch; but Lzb³³⁰ door-sill); — ׳ס‎ absolutebasin Exodus 12:22 (twice in verse) (J; containing blood of passover lamb); construct סַףרַֿעַל‎ Zechariah 12:2 goblet of reeling (intoxicating, figurative), probably also Habakkuk 2:15, where read חֲמָֽתְךָ מִסַּף‎ from the goblet of thy fury (for ח ׳מְסַמֵּחַ ᵑ0‎, see I. ספח‎); plural absolute סַמּוֺת‎ 2 Samuel 17:28 basins for ordinary use; הַסִּמִּים‎ Jeremiah 52:19, הַסִמּוֺת‎ 1 Kings 7:50 and construct כֶּסֶף סִמּוֺת‎ 2 Kings 12:14, of temple utensils.

II. סַף‎ noun masculine^{Amos 9:1} threshold, sill (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician see Lzb¹. סַף‎; Aramaic סִמָּא‎, Arabic sippu Dl^{509, all} id.); — absolute ׳ס‎ 2 Kings 12:10 +, also הַסָּ֑ף‎ Judges 19:27 3t. (Baer Ginsb), הַסָּ֑ף‎ 2 Kings 25:8; suffix סִמִּי‎ Ezekiel 43:8, סִמָּם‎ 43:8; plural סִמִּים‎ Amos 9:1; Isaiah 6:4 6t. Ezra, Chronicles; — threshold, sill Judges 19:27; Amos 9:1; Isaiah 6:4; Ezekiel 41:16 (twice in verse); 43:8 (twice in verse); 2 Chronicles 3:7, ׳ס הַבַּיִת‎ 1 Kings 14:17, ׳ס הַשַּׁעַר‎ Ezekiel 40:6-7, compare 40:6 b הַסַּף שֹׁמֵרֹ‎ = door-keeper, an important temple official, Jeremiah 35:4, so הַסּ ׳שֹׁמְרֵי‎ 2 Kings 12:10 (priests), 22:4 2 Chronicles 34:9 (Levites!), 2 Kings 23:4; 25:18 = Jeremiah 52:24; in Persia, of palace Esther 2:21; 6:2; of tabernacle ׳שׁ הַסִּמִּים‎ 1 Chronicles 9:19; ׳הַסּ שֹׁעֲרֵי‎2 Chronicles 23:4 (Levites), בַּסּ ׳שֹׁעֲרִים‎ 1 Chronicles 9:22; collective בַּסָּ֑ף חֹרֶב‎ Zephaniah 2:14 desolation in the thresholds.