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H5595 · סָפָה

çâphâh

Primary-Source Attested

Strong’s definition

properly, to scrape (literally, to shave; but usually figuratively) together (i.e. to accumulate or increase) or away (i.e. to scatter, remove, or ruin; intransitively, to perish)

KJV gloss list in the source

add, augment, consume, destroy, heap, join, perish, put.

Source pronunciation notation: saw-faw'

Derivation recorded by Strong

a primitive root;

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