hebrew #8194 - שָׁפָה shaphah (perhaps cream)
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance cheese From shaphah in the sense of clarifying; a cheese (as strained from the whey) -- cheese. see HEBREW shaphah Englishman's Concordance 1) cream, cheese 1a) meaning dubious Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H8192 in the sense of clarifying Same Word by TWOT Number: 2440a Brown-Driver-Briggsשְׁפוֺת (Köii. 1. 186) noun feminine dubious, perhaps cream (as skimmed of ? compare WetzstZAW iii (1883), 276 f., who connects with Arabic  cream, and this with √ take off the top (but שׁ= ?); EV cheese (after ᵑ6ᵑ7, compare ARSKKB 3091)); — construct שְׁפוֺת בָּקָר2 Samuel 17:29cream of the herd ( + דְּבַשׁ וְחֶמְאָה וְצאֹן), compare Now Bu; ᵐ5. of Lucian HPS calves.Englishman's Concordance (References)Strong's Hebrew: 8194. שְׁפוֹת (shaphah) — 1 Occurrence2 Samuel 17:29 |