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Strong's #5502 - סָחַף
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- to prostrate, beat down
- (Qal) prostrating (participle)
- (Niphal) to be prostrated
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(for ἐδαφίζω, Luke 19:42); Assyrian sa—âpu, throw down, overwhelm); — Qal Perfect מָטָר סֹחֵף Proverbs 28:3 a prostrating rain (beating down grain), וְאֵיןלָ֑חֶם and (so) there is no bread.
Niph`al Perfect 3 masculine singular נִסְחַף אַבִּירֶיךָ Jeremiah 46:15 why are thy mighty ones (or, why is thy bull, i.e. Apis, Hi Ew Gf) prostrated? but read perhaps נָס חָף אַבִּירְךָ לאֹ עָמַד (ᵐ5 Mich Gie Co) why hath Apis fled, thy bull doth not stand?
[סָחַר] verb go around, about, travel about in (Late Hebrew id., go about as merchant, pedlar, perhaps denominative from סוֺחֵר (Jastr); **ᵑ7סְחַר, אֵסְחַר go about, סְחוֺר = Hebrew סָבִיב. Syriac 
go about as beggar, be beggar PS2593 (rate), especially Christian-Palestinian Aramaic see Schw Idioticon 61f.; Assyrian sa—âru, turn, surround, Tel Amarna return Wkl TA Glossary; ᵑ7 surround (often), and derivatives; Arabic 
is mock at, deride); —
Qal Perfect 3 plural סָֽחֲרוּ Jeremiah 14:18; Imperfect 3 masculine plural יִסְחֲרוּ Genesis 34:21; 2 masculine plural תִּסְחָ֑רוּ Genesis 42:34; Imperative masculine plural suffix סְחָרוּהָ Genesis 34:10; Perfect סֹחֵר Genesis 23:16, סוֺחֵר Proverbs 31:14; construct סֹחֵר Isaiah 23:2; feminine singular suffix סֹחַרְתֵךְ Ezekiel 27:12,16,18 + סֹחֲרֹתַיִךְ Ezekiel 27:15 (see below); masculine plural סֹחֲרִים Genesis 37:28 2t.; construct סֹחֲרֵי 1 Kings 10:28 3t.; suffix סֹחֲרַיִךְ Isaiah 47:15, רָ֑יִךְ- Ezekiel 27:21, רֶיהַ- Isaiah 23:8; —
1 go about, to and fro (i.e. go about one's affairs, carry on one's business) in, with accusative אֶרֶץ Genesis 42:34 (E), Genesis 34:10,21 (P); with אֶלאֶֿרֶץ Jeremiah 14:18, but dubious, ᵐ5 Gf Hi Or Co Hpt Rothst Kau journey unto a land which they have not known.
2 Participle = substantive a trafficker, trader (who goes about with wares, etc.) Genesis 23:16 (P), Genesis 37:28 (E), Isaiah 23:2,8; Isaiah 47:15; 1 Kings 10:28 2 Chronicles 1:16; Ezekiel 27:21 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 27:36; Ezekiel 38:13; + תָּרִים 2 Chronicles 9:14; feminine, of a city or country, Ezekiel 27:12,16,18; also in Ezekiel 27:15 read סֹחֲרֹתַיִךְ for ᵑ0 (ידך) סְחֹרַת Sm Co Berthol Toy.
Pilpel Perfect 3 masculine singular לִבִּי סְחַרְחַר Psalm 38:11 (Ges§ 55e) my heart palpittes (+ עֲזָבַנִי כֹחִי).
סָחַף Arab. ساحف
(1) pr. i.q. סָחַב, סָחָה to sweep, to scrape, and more strongly, to sweep away, to scrape off; hence used of a shower which carries every thing before it, Proverbs 28:3. (Arabic سَاحِيفَةُ a violent, sweeping rain; سُاحَافُ a torrent.)
(2) to cast down to the ground (Syr. ܣܚܰܦ id.), whence
Niphal, to be cast down, Jeremiah 46:15.
