שָׂרַף117 H5635
burn, one who burns (participial form)
A participial form of the common verb 'to burn,' appearing in Amos's vision of judgment where a relative comes to burn the bodies of the dead. The context is one of plague or military disaster so severe that normal burial is impossible and corpses must be cremated, a practice unusual in Israel. The burner comes to remove remains from the house in secrecy.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The one who burns bodies during the catastrophic judgment described in Amos 6:10. In this grim scene, a kinsman enters a house to carry out the dead 'and burn them'—likely because plague or siege conditions prevented normal burial. The multilingual glosses capture the participial sense: 'his burner' or 'the one who burns him,' emphasizing the personal involvement of a relative in this tragic task. 1×
AR["وَ-حارِقُهُ"]·ben["ও-যে-দাহ-করে"]·DE["[ומסרפו]"]·EN["and-his-burner"]·FR["et-cyprès"]·heb["וּ-מסרפוֹ"]·HI["और-जलाने-वाला-उसका"]·ID["dan-yang-membakarnya"]·IT["[ומסרפו]"]·jav["lan-kang-ngobong-piyambakipun"]·KO["그리고-불태우는-자가"]·PT["e-o-que-o-queima"]·RU["и-сжигающий-его"]·ES["y-el-que-lo-quema"]·SW["na-anayemchoma"]·TR["ve-yakanı"]·urd["اور-جلانے-والا-اُس-کا"]
Related Senses
H4325 1. water, waters (582×)H6965b 1. Qal: to rise, arise, get up (432×)H2091 1. gold (the metal) (389×)H0068 1. stone, rock (material/object) (267×)H5178a 1. bronze/copper as metal (131×)H6083 1. dust, dry earth, soil (108×)H8313 1. burn, set fire to (94×)H2734 1. anger was kindled (82×)G5204 1. water (80×)H2822 1. darkness, absence of light (80×)G5457 1. light (illumination) (71×)G0450 1. rise, stand up (physical) (69×)H6965b 2. Qal: to stand firm, endure, be valid (50×)H6999a 2. burn sacrifice on altar (Hifil) (45×)H5553 1. rock, cliff (physical feature) (43×)H6965b 4. Hifil: to establish, confirm (covenant/kingdom/word) (40×)H1197a 1. burn, be on fire (39×)H4306 1. rain, showers (38×)H1653 1. rain, precipitation (34×)G4655 1. darkness (30×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
שָׂרַף117 vb. burn (70 times + בָּאֵשׁ, 2 times + בְּמוֹ־אֵשׁ) (NH (rare) = BH; Assyrian šarâpu; Aramaic שְׂרַף (rare); ܣܪܰܦ is absorb, consume);— Qal Pf. 3 ms. שׂ׳ Jos 11:9 +, 3 fs. sf. שְׂרָפָ֫תַם Is 47:14, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יִשְׂרֹף Nu 19:5 + 2 times, more often וַיִּשְׂרֹף Ex 32:20 +, 2 mpl. תִּשְׂרְפוּן Dt 7:5 + 2 times; Inf. abs. שָׂרוֹף 2 S 23:7; cstr. שְׂרֹף Je 36:25 +; sf. שָׂרְפוֹ Ju…