סָעִף
saif · divided opinion
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H5587 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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saif (סָעִף) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “divided opinion”.
Thought that goes two ways. It comes from a word meaning "branch" or "division"; it appears only in 1 Kings 18:21, and its exact sense is debated.
How to say it
sa·if
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Going back and forth without deciding.
- Ideas that give no rest.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- disquieting thoughts ×2
- opinions ×1
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- 1 Kings 18:21
Elijah came near to all the people and said, “How long will you go limping between the two opinions? If YHWH is Elohim, go after him; and if Baal, go after him.” And the people did not answer him a word.
- Job 4:13
In disquieting thoughts from visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on men,
- Job 20:2
“Therefore my disquieting thoughts make me answer, and because of the haste that is in me.