סַף (şaf) — bowl / basin / doorstep

Form 1

Part of speech: nsm

Sense 1: bowl, basin

Semantic domains: Containers (001004001003)

Core domains: Crafts (027); Storage (171)

Definition: = receptacle of undetermined size; ◄ made out of metal; ► used both for household and religious purposes

Further resources: Realia:5.16

Show passage in OET: EXO 12:22

OET-RV EXO 12:22

22 Then you all must take a bunch of leafy hyssop stalks, and dip it in the basin with the blood from the sacrifice and paint the blood onto the lintel and both doorposts. After that, absolutely no one should go out the door of your houses until morning.

OET-LV EXO 12:22

22 And_you(pl)_will _take a _bunch _of hyssop and_you(pl)_will _dip_it in_blood which is_in_basin and_you(pl)_will _make _touch (to) the_lintels and_near/to the _two _of the_doorposts some _of the_blood which is_in_basin and_you(pl) not you(pl)_will _go _out anyone from_the _door _of his _house _of_his until morning.

Show passage in OET: SA2 17:28

OET-RV SA2 17:28

28 brought bedding and basins, clay pots, wheat and barley, flour and roasted grain, beans and lentils,

OET-LV SA2 17:28

28 Bed[s] and_basins and_a _vessel _of a _potter and_wheat(s) and_barley(s) and_flour and_roasted _grain and_bean[s] and_lentils and_roasted _grain.

Jump to OET EXO 12:22 section.

Jump to OET SA2 17:28 section.

All 6 recorded passages for this sense

EXO: OET EXO 12:22

SA2: OET SA2 17:28

KI1: OET KI1 7:50

KI2: OET KI2 12:13

JER: OET JER 52:19

ZEC: OET ZEC 12:2

Form 2

Part of speech: nsm

Related lemmas: ספף

Sense 1: doorstep, threshold

Semantic domains: Constructions (001005001)

Core domains: Building (020)

Definition: = strip of wood or stone at the bottom of a doorway; ≈ often used metonymically to refer to the entire doorway

Further resources: Realia:3.1.2.6

Show passage in OET: JDG 19:27

OET-RV JDG 19:27

27 When her master got up and he opened the door to go and continue on his trip, look, his slave-wife had fallen at the entrance and her hands were on the threshold.

OET-LV JDG 19:27

27 And_ master(s)_of_her _he/it _rose _up in_morning and_he _opened the _doors _of the _house and_he/it _went _out to_go to_way _of_his and_BEHOLD/LO/SEE the_woman concubine _of_his was_falling the _entrance _of the _house and_hands _of_her were_on the_threshold.

Show passage in OET: KI1 14:17

OET-RV KI1 14:17

17 So Yarov’am’s wife left and went home to Tirtsah. As she entered the doorway of their home, their son died.

OET-LV KI1 14:17

17 And_ the _wife _of Yāroⱱˊām _she/it _arose and_she _went and_she _came to_Tirʦāh she was_coming at_the _threshold _of the _house and_the_lad he _died.

Jump to OET JDG 19:27 section.

Jump to OET KI1 14:17 section.

All 21 recorded passages for this sense

JDG: OET JDG 19:27

KI1: OET KI1 14:17

KI2: OET KI2 12:9 · OET KI2 22:4 · OET KI2 23:4 · OET KI2 25:18

CH1: OET CH1 9:19 · OET CH1 9:22

CH2: OET CH2 3:7 · OET CH2 23:4 · OET CH2 34:9

EST: OET EST 2:21 · OET EST 6:2

ISA: OET ISA 6:4

JER: OET JER 35:4 · OET JER 52:24

EZE: OET EZE 40:6–7 · OET EZE 41:16

AMO: OET AMO 9:1

ZEP: OET ZEP 2:14

Sense 2: house

Semantic domains: Constructions (001005001)

Core domains: Building (020)

Definition: literally: threshold and doorpost, here used metaphorically to refer to the entire construction: = building

Collocations: סַף וּמְזוּזָה

Further resources: Realia:3.1.2.6

Show passage in OET: EZE 43:8

OET-RV EZE 43:8

8 They’ll no longer profane my sacred name by putting their entrance next to my entrance, and their doorposts next to my doorposts, with nothing but a wall between me and them. They profaned my sacred name with their disgusting actions, so I destroyed them with my anger.

OET-LV EZE 43:8