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Strong's #7857 - שָׁטַף
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- to wash, rinse, overflow, engulf, rinse or wash off
- (Qal)
- to overflow
- to flow, run
- to rinse or wash off
- (Niphal) to be swept away, be rinsed out
- (Pual) to be rinsed, be scoured and rinsed
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2832) pus (סהתהפ ShThP) AC: Flush CO: ? AB: ?: [from: ys]
V) pus (סהתהפ ShThP) - Flush: To flow over with copious amounts of water. KJV (31): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Pual) overflow, rinse, wash, drown, flow - Strongs: H7857 (שָׁטַף)
Nm) pus (סהתהפ ShThP) - Overflowing: KJV (6): flood, overflowing, outrageous - Strongs: H7858 (שֵׁטֶף)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ׳שׁ Isaiah 8:8 +, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular וַיִּשְׁטֹף 1 Kings 22:38, etc.; Participle שׁוֺטֵף Isaiah 10:22 +, plural שֹׁטְפִים Isaiah 28:2; —
1 overflow, of river Isaiah 8:8; Jeremiah 47:2 a (see נַחַל), Daniel 11:10,40, all figurative of invading army, compare Isaiah 28:15 (qy. by Sta ThLz, Apr. 1894,235, Du Marti read שׁוֺט שֹׁטֵט), Isaiah 28:18 (see שׁוֺט), also (simile of ׳י in judgment) Isaiah 28:2 (מַיִם), Isaiah 30:28, of judicial destruction, שׁוֺטֵף צְדָקָה Isaiah 10:22; with accusative of land Jeremiah 47:2b, person (figurative) Isaiah 43:2 (נְהָרוֺת), Psalm 69:3 (שִׁבֹּלֶת), Psalm 69:16 (מִיִם׳שׁ), Psalm 124:4 (מַיִם), compare Isaiah 28:17; Song of Solomon 8:7; גֶּשֶׁםשׁוֺטֵף flooding rain (of ׳י s judgement) Ezekiel 11:11,13; Ezekiel 38:22; נַחַל שׁוֺטֵף Isaiah 66:12, simile, in good sense. — Abs. Daniel 11:26 see
Niph`al — Figurative of dashing, rushing horse, בַּמִּלְחָמָה׳כְּסוּס שׁוֺ Jeremiah 8:6.
2 flow, run, literal of נַחַל Psalm 78:20; 2 Chronicles 32:4.
3 literally, rinse or wash off, with accusative of thing washed 1 Kings 22:38, יָדָיובַּמָּ֑יִם Leviticus 15:11 (P); of stain Ezekiel 16:9 (מֵעָלַיִךְ; "" רָחַץ); עֲפַראָֿ֑רֶץ Job 14:19.
Niph`al Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִשָּׁטֵף בַּמַּיִם Leviticus 15:12 be rinsed out, off (P; of wooden vessel); 3 masculine plural יִשָּֽׁטְפוּ מִלְּפָנָיו Daniel 11:22 be swept away (defeated), read probably יִשָּׁטֵף (for יִשְׁטֹף), also Daniel 11:26 (compare Dr).
Pu`al Perfect 3 masculine singular וּמֹרַק וְּשֻׁטַּף בַּמָּ֑יִם Leviticus 6:21 (P) it shall be scoured and rinsed.
שָׁטַף fut. יִשְׁטֹף
(1) to gush out, to flow out abundantly, Psalms 78:20. גֶּשֶׁם שֹׁטֵף an overflowing shower, Ezekiel 13:13, 38:22.
(2) to inundate, to overwhelm; used of a river, Isaiah 30:28, 66:12 metaph. of an army, Daniel 11:10, 26 Daniel 11:26, 40 Daniel 11:40. Followed by an acc.
(a) to overwhelm any thing, Jeremiah 47:2 and more strongly to overwhelm and swallow up with water. Psalms 69:3, שִׁבֹּלֶת שְׁטָפָֽתְנִי “the flood has swallowed me up;” verse 16 Psalms 69:16, 124:4 Isaiah 43:2; Song of Solomon 8:7.
(b) to sweep away with a flood, Isaiah 28:17; Job 14:19, “the flood sweepeth away the dust of the earth;” Ezekiel 16:9 and on the contrary
(c) to bring in as with a flood. Isaiah 10:22, כִּלָּיוֹן חָרוּץ שֹׁטֵף צְדָקָה “the destruction is decreed, bringing in justice as with a flood,” i.e. overwhelming the wicked with deserved punishment. צְדָקָה is accus. governed by the verb שֹׁטֵף.
(d) to wash any thing, Leviticus 15:11; 1 Kings 22:38.
(3) Metaph. to rush swiftly (as a horse), Jeremiah 8:6. Compare No. 1.
Niphal.
(1) to be overwhelmed (with a hostile force), Daniel 11:22.
(2) to be washed, Leviticus 15:12.
Pual, i.q. Niph. No. 2. Leviticus 6:21. Hence