Çâphaq — H5606

Definition

verb

to clap the hands (in token of compact, derision, grief, indignation, or punishment); by implication of satisfaction, to be enough; by implication of excess, to vomit

1. to clap, slap
1. (Qal)
1. to slap, clap
2. to slap, chastise
3. to splash, throw up
2. (Hiphil) to cause to clap

Usually translated as

clap, smite, suffice, wallow, strike

Origin

or sâphaq; (1 Kings 20:10; Job 27:23; Isaiah 2:6), a primitive root

Occurrences

Çâphaq occurs 10 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Numbers (1), 1 Kings (1), Job (3), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (2), Lamentations (1), Ezekiel (1)

• Numbers 24:10 — And Balak’s anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together (וַיִּסְפֹּ֖ק): and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed them these three times.
• 1 Kings 20:10 — And Ben-hadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice (יִשְׂפֹּק֙) for handfuls for all the people that follow me.
• Job 27:23 — Men shall clap (יִשְׂפֹּ֣ק) their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.
• Job 34:26 — He striketh (סְפָקָ֗ם) them as wicked men in the open sight of others;
• Job 34:37 — For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth (יִסְפּ֑וֹק) his hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God.
• Isaiah 2:6 — Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves (יַשְׂפִּֽיקוּ) in the children of strangers.
• Jeremiah 31:19 — Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote (סָפַ֖קְתִּי) upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.
• Jeremiah 48:26 — Make ye him drunken: for he magnified himself against the LORD: Moab also shall wallow (וְסָפַ֤ק) in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.
• Lamentations 2:15 — All that pass by clap (סָֽפְק֨וּ) their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?
• Ezekiel 21:12 — Cry and howl, son of man: for it shall be upon my people, it shall be upon all the princes of Israel: terrors by reason of the sword shall be upon my people: smite (סְפֹ֥ק) therefore upon thy thigh.