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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - שָׁטַף

שָׁטַף

H7857

Transliteration: shâṭaph

Pronunciation: shaw-taf'

Definition: drown


Original: שׁטף

Transliteration: shâṭaph

Phonetic: shaw-taf'

BDB Definition:

  1. to wash, rinse, overflow, engulf, rinse or wash off
    1. (Qal)
      1. to overflow
      2. to flow, run
      3. to rinse or wash off
    2. (Niphal) to be swept away, be rinsed out
    3. (Pual) to be rinsed, be scoured and rinsed

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT entry: 2373

Part(s) of speech: Verb


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