The meaning of “שָׁפַךְ”
Understanding shâphak reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
cast (up), gush out, pour (out), shed(-der, out), slip. - to spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal - or even a so...
שָׁפַךְ
cast (up), gush out, pour (out), shed(-der, out), slip. - to spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal - or even a solid, i.e. to mound up) - also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc.) - intensively, to sprawl out 1) to pour, pour out, spill 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to pour, pour out 1a2) to shed (blood) 1a3) to pour out (anger or heart) (fig) 1b) (Niphal) to be poured out, be shed 1c) (Pual) to be poured out, be shed 1d) (Hithpael) 1d1) to be poured out 1d2) to pour out oneself
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 37:22 | “And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.” Word: שָׁפַךְ (shâphak) | |
| Deuteronomy 15:23 | “Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water. ” Word: שָׁפַךְ (shâphak) | |
| 1 Kings 13:5 | “The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the Lord.” Word: שָׁפַךְ (shâphak) | |
| Psalms 79:6 | “Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.” Word: שָׁפַךְ (shâphak) | |
| Lamentations 2:19 | “Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street.” Word: שָׁפַךְ (shâphak) |
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