H5593 H5593
Saph—Philistine giant killed at Gob
Saph was one of the descendants of the Rephaim giants living among the Philistines. He fell in battle at Gob during one of David's campaigns against Philistine champions. The parallel account in 1 Chronicles 20:4 gives his name as Sippai, showing typical textual variation. These battles against giant warriors demonstrated David's ongoing conflict with Philistine military power and echoed his earlier victory over Goliath. The name appears only in these battle narratives.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Personal name of a Philistine warrior, one of the descendants of the giants (2 Sam 21:18). He was killed in battle at Gob. The parallel passage gives the variant 'Sippai,' typical of chronicle transmission. These encounters with giant descendants formed part of David's military campaigns securing Israel's borders. Cross-language evidence uniformly transliterates as proper name. 1×
AR["سَافَ"]·ben["সাফ"]·DE["Saph"]·EN["Saph"]·FR["Saph"]·heb["סף"]·HI["सप"]·ID["Saf"]·IT["Saph"]·jav["Saf"]·KO["삽"]·PT["Saf"]·RU["Сафа"]·ES["Saf"]·SW["Safu"]·TR["Saf'ı"]·urd["سف"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† III. סַף, סִפַּי n.pr.m. a Philistine, 2 S 21:18 (𝔊 τὸν Σεφ(ε); 𝔊L τοὺς ἐπισυνηγμένους), = סִפַּי 1 Ch 20:4 (𝔊 τὸν Σαφουτ, A Σαφφι, 𝔊L Σαπφι).