The meaning of “שְׁפִי”
Understanding shᵉphîy reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
high place, stick out. - bareness - concretely, a bare hill or plain 1) bareness, smooth or bare height, bare place, hig...
שְׁפִי
high place, stick out. - bareness - concretely, a bare hill or plain 1) bareness, smooth or bare height, bare place, high places, barren height 1a) bareness 1b) bare place, bare height
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Numbers 23:3 | “And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the Lord will come to meet me: and whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place.” Word: שְׁפִי (shᵉphîy) | |
| Isaiah 49:9 | “That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places.” Word: שְׁפִי (shᵉphîy) | |
| Jeremiah 7:29 | “Cut off thine hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on high places; for the Lord hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.” Word: שְׁפִי (shᵉphîy) |
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