סָחַף
sachaf · sweep away
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H5502 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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sachaf (סָחַף) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “sweep away”.
To sweep away, to beat down.
How to say it
sa·chaf
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
- To knock flat all in its path, like a driving rain.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- been swept away ×1
- sweeps away ×1
Where it appears
- Proverbs 28:3
A poor man who oppresses the poor is a rain that sweeps away, and there is no bread.
- Jeremiah 46:15
Why has your mighty one been swept away? He did not stand, for YHWH thrust him down.