Biblical Hebrew

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hebrew #5603 - סָפַן saphan (to cover)


Original Word:סָפַן
Transliteration: saphan
Definition:to cover, cover in, panel
Part of Speech:Verb
Phonetic Spelling:(saw-fan')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

cieled, cover, seated

A primitive root; to hide by covering; specifically, to roof (passive participle as noun, a roof) or wainscot; figuratively, to reserve -- cieled, cover, seated.


Englishman's Concordance

1) to cover, cover in, wainscotted, covered with boards or panelling
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to cover in, panel
1a2) covered, panelled (participle)
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1537

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[סָפַן, once, erroneous, ׳שׂ]

verbcover, cover in, panel (Late Hebrew סָפַן is respect, care for; Phoenician מספנתroof, Lzb330; Aramaic סְפַן Ithpe`el be covered, overlaid; Assyrian sapânu (sometimes šapânu!), cover, over-whelm Dl508; sapannu, concealment, obscurity, depth (of sea); Ethiopic invalescere, percrebescere, praevalere, Di406); —

QalImperfect3masculine singular וַיִּסְמֹּן אֶתהַֿבַּיִת גֵּבִים1 Kings 6:9and he covered in the house with beams (?); Infinitive absoluteסָפוֺן בָּאָ֑רֶזJeremiah 22:14 (reading with JDMich Hi Gf Or Gie Co, חַלּוֺנָיוסָפוֺן, for ᵑ0חַלּוֺנַי וְסָפוּן, compare DrSm xxx) covering (it) in, panelling (it) with cedar; Passive participleסָפוּן בְּאֶרֶז1 Kings 7:7, סָפֻן בְּאֶרֶז1 Kings 7:3; plural בְּבָֽתֵּיכֶםסְפוּנִיםHaggai 1:14in your panelled houses.סָפוּן strangely=reserved, laid up, Deuteronomy 33:21, and=hiddenDeuteronomy 33:19שְׂפֻנֵי טְמֻנֵי חוֺל (only here with שׂ; both in sense of צָפוּן [read this ?], compare Dr).


Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 5603. סָפַן (saphan) — 6 Occurrences

Deuteronomy 33:21
HEB:חֶלְקַ֥ת מְחֹקֵ֖ק סָפ֑וּן וַיֵּתֵא֙ רָ֣אשֵׁי
NAS: portion was reserved; And he came
KJV: of the lawgiver, [was he] seated; and he came
INT: portion the ruler's was reserved came the leaders

1 Kings 6:9
HEB:הַבַּ֖יִת וַיְכַלֵּ֑הוּ וַיִּסְפֹּ֤ן אֶת־ הַבַּ֙יִת֙
NAS: and finished it; and he covered the house
KJV: and finished it; and covered the house
INT: the house and finished covered the house beams

1 Kings 7:3
HEB: וְסָפֻ֣ן בָּאֶ֗רֶז מִמַּ֙עַל֙
NAS:It was paneled with cedar above
KJV:And [it was] covered with cedar above
INT:and covered cedar above

1 Kings 7:7
HEB:הַמִּשְׁפָּ֖ט עָשָׂ֑ה וְסָפ֣וּן בָּאֶ֔רֶז מֵהַקַּרְקַ֖ע
NAS: of judgment, and it was paneled with cedar
KJV: of judgment: and [it was] covered with cedar
INT: of judgment made paneled cedar floor

Jeremiah 22:14
HEB:לוֹ֙ חַלּוֹנָ֔י וְסָפ֣וּן בָּאָ֔רֶז וּמָשׁ֖וֹחַ
NAS: out its windows, Paneling [it] with cedar
KJV: windows; and [it is] cieled with cedar,
INT: and cut windows Paneling cedar and painting

Haggai 1:4
HEB:לָשֶׁ֖בֶת בְּבָתֵּיכֶ֣ם סְפוּנִ֑ים וְהַבַּ֥יִת הַזֶּ֖ה
NAS: to dwell in your paneled houses
KJV: for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses,
INT: to dwell houses your paneled house this

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