The meaning of “מִסְפֵּד”
Understanding miçpêd reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
lamentation, one mourneth, mourning, wailing. - a lamentation 1) wailing
מִסְפֵּד
lamentation, one mourneth, mourning, wailing. - a lamentation 1) wailing
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 50:10 | “And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days.” Word: מִסְפֵּד (miçpêd) | |
| Psalms 30:11 | “Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;” Word: מִסְפֵּד (miçpêd) | |
| Jeremiah 48:38 | “There shall be lamentation generally upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof: for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein is no pleasure, saith the Lord.” Word: מִסְפֵּד (miçpêd) | |
| Joel 2:12 | “Therefore also now, saith the Lord, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:” Word: מִסְפֵּד (miçpêd) | |
| Micah 1:11 | “Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of Saphir, having thy shame naked: the inhabitant of Zaanan came not forth in the mourning of Beth–ezel; he shall receive of you his standing.” Word: מִסְפֵּד (miçpêd) |