H5585 H5585
cleft, crevice (of rock); branch, bough (of a tree)
2. branch, bough (of a tree) — A branch or bough of a tree, used in prophetic metaphor. In Isa 17:6 the gleaning metaphor describes olives remaining 'on its boughs' (בִּסְעִפֶיהָ), referring to the uppermost branches of a harvested tree; in Isa 27:10 the desolate city is depicted with a calf grazing and consuming 'its branches' (סְעִפֶיהָ). Arabic uses أَغْصَان / غُصُون (branches); Korean uses 가지들 (branches); Hindi uses डालियां (branches); Spanish uses ramas (branches). Cross-linguistically, every language uses a distinct botanical term (branches) rather than the geological term (cleft/crack) used for the first sense, confirming genuine polysemy. 2×
AR["غُصُونَهَا","فِي-أَغْصَانِهَا"]·ben["-তার-ডালে","তার-শাখাগুলো"]·DE["[בסעפיה]","[סעפיה]"]·EN["its-branches","on-its-boughs"]·FR["[בסעפיה]","[סעפיה]"]·heb["ב-סעיפיה","סעיפיה"]·HI["उसकी-डालियों-पर","डालियां-उसकी"]·ID["cabang-cabangnya","di-ranting-rantingnya"]·IT["ramo"]·jav["pang-pangipun","wonten-ing-pang-pangipun"]·KO["그의-가지들-에","그의-가지들을"]·PT["em-seus-ramos","seus-ramos"]·RU["ветви-её","на-ветвях-её"]·ES["en-sus-ramas","sus-ramas"]·SW["katika-matawi-yake","matawi-yake"]·TR["dallarinda","dallarini"]·urd["اُس-کی-شاخوں-میں","اُس-کی-شاخوں-کو"]
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1. cleft, crevice (of rock) — A fissure, cleft, or crevice in a rocky crag, used as a hiding place or place of concealment. In Judg 15:8,11 Samson dwells in the 'cleft of the rock of Etam' (סְעִיף סֶלַע עֵיטָם); in Isa 2:21 people flee 'into crevices of the rocks' (וּבִסְעִפֵי הַסְּלָעִים) to escape God's judgment; in Isa 57:5 idolaters sacrifice children 'in the clefts of the crags' (סְעִפֵי הַסְּלָעִים). Arabic consistently uses شَقّ / شُعَب (cleft/fissure); Korean uses 틈/갈라진 곳 (crack/split place); Hindi uses दरार (crack/fissure); Spanish uses hendidura/grieta (crack/crevice). The geological sense is clear from the rock-association collocations. 4×
AR["شَقِّ","شُقُوقِ","فِي-شَقِّ","وَ-فِي-شُعَبِ"]·ben["ও-ফাঁকে","চেরাগুলির","ফাটলে-","ফাটলের"]·DE["[ובסעפי]","[סעפי]","cleft-von","in-cleft-von"]·EN["and-into-crevices-of","cleft-of","clefts-of","in-cleft-of"]·FR["[ובסעפי]","[סעפי]","cleft-de","dans-cleft-de"]·heb["ב-סעיף","ו-ב-סעיפי","סעיף","סעיפי"]·HI["और-में-दरारों","दरार","दरार-में","दरारों"]·ID["celah","celah-celah","dan-ke-dalam-retakan-retakan","di-celah"]·IT["cleft-di","e-ramo","in-cleft-di","ramo"]·jav["celah-","ing-lèng","lan-ing-pucuk-pucuk","lèng"]·KO["갈라진-곳에","바위-틈들의-","에-틈","틈"]·PT["e-em-fissuras-de","fenda-de","fendas-de","na-fenda-de"]·RU["в-расселине","и-в-трещины","расселинами-","расселине"]·ES["en-la-hendidura-de","la-hendidura-de","las-hendiduras-de","y-en-grietas-de"]·SW["katika-ufa-wa","na-mianya-ya","nyufa-za","ufa-wa"]·TR["-de-yarık","ve-catlaklarina","yaruklari-","yarık"]·urd["اور-چوٹیوں-میں","دراڑ-میں","دراڑ-کے","شگافوں-کے"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [סָעִיף] n.[m.] 1. cleft. 2. branch;— 1. cleft of a crag, cstr. סְעִיף סֶלַע Ju 15:8, 11; pl. cstr. וּבִסְעִפֵֿי הַסְּלָעִים Is 2:21; סְעִיפֵי הַסּ׳ 57:5. 2. branches, boughs, pl. cstr. סְעִפֵֿי הַפֹּרִיָּה Is 17:6 (so divide, Hi Kn Di DrSm xxx Du al.) the boughs of the fruit-tree; sf. סְעִיפֶיהָ 27:10 (of ruined city; cf. קְצִירָהּ v 11).