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sḥp (a/u) vb. to throw down
GDGtDt
Gpəˁalto throw down4 senses▶
1
to throw down
Qumran, Syr, JBAmb, Man
OS LkSin19:44↗ ܘܢܐܠܨܘܢܟܝ ܡܢ ܟܘܠ ܕܘܟܐ ܘܢܣܚܦܢܟܝ ܥܠ ܐܪܥܐ‏ ; IMac2:25↗ ܘܠܥܠܬܐ ܣܚܦ‏ ; JBABowl 78.1:16↗ ואתא למיסחף בתי דאילהי וסחוף כל איסתרתא סחפונהו לפתורהו‏ : he came to throw down the temples. He threw down all the goddesses. They threw down their tables
(1)
to overthrow, destroy
Syr, LJLA
JSB4 776:2↗ ܪ̈ܫܝ ܟܗ̈ܢܐ ܣܚܦ ܡܢ ܕܪܓܐ ܕܫܘܠܛܢܝ̈ܗܘܢ‏ : he overthrew the high priests from their leadership status ; P Ju6:25↗ ܘܣܚܘܦ ܡܕܒܚܗ ܕܒܥܠܐ‏ ; P 2S11:25↗ ܣܚܘܦܝܗ݀‏ : overthrow it ; PJ Deut32:2↗ ינקוף על מרודיא היך מיטרא סחפא אולפני‏ : may my teaching strike down the rebels like the pounding rain
(2)
p.p. : prostrate
Syr
AnonAbSarEg.167↗ ܚܙܘܘܗܝ ܕܣܚܝܦ ܘܡܢܓܒ‏ : the saw that he was prostrate and paralyzed
2
to invert
JBAmb, JBA
JBABowl 84.1:12↗ סחפין עלהון אגני דדמא‏ : they overturn bowls of blood on them ; BT Hag 15a(18)↗ כתרי כסי דסחיפי אהדדי‏ : like two cups inverted upon one another ; BT AZ 74b(35)↗ סחיף להו אפומיהו וחתים להו‏ : he used to place them [i.e. the wine jugs] upside-down on their openings and seal them
(1)
to put on as a cover
JBA
BT BB 74a(28)↗ תו אחוי לכו היכא דסחיפא רקיעא עילוי ארעא‏ : come let me show you how the firmament is placed as a cover over the earth ; BT AZ 74b(36)↗ סחיף להו אפומיהו וחתים להו אברצייהו‏ : cover their mouths and seal their holes
3
to throw out, sweep away
Syr
4
intransitive : to fall down
Man
Dpaˁˁelto throw down2 senses▶
1
to throw down
Syr
P Ex15:7↗ ܣܚ݁ܦܬ ܠܣ̈ܢܐܝܟ‏
(1)
to destroy
Syr
AphDem2.33:18↗ ܠܡܥܩܪ ܘܠܡܣܬܪ܂ ܘܠܡܣܚܦܘ ܘܠܡܘܒܕܘ‏ ; AphDem4.65:17↗ ܣܚܦܬ ܫܘܪ̈ܝܗ݀ ܕܐܝܪܝܚܘ‏ : it destroyed the walls of Jericho
2
to overturn
Syr, JBA
P Mt21:12↗ ܘܣܲܚܸܦ݂ ܦ̇ܵܬ݂ܘ݂ܪܸ̈ܐ ܕ݁ܲܡܥܲܪ̈ܦ݂ܵܢܸܐ‏ : he overturned the tables of the money-changers ; BT Beṣ 23a(3)↗ סחופי כסי אשיראי‏ : to overturn cups on silk garments
Gtˀeṯpəˁelto be cast down2 senses▶
1
to be cast down
Syr, Man, LJLA
P Is31:3↗ ܢܣܬܚܦ ܡܥܕܪܢܐ‏ ; GY 272:20↗ umistahapna unapilna lqudamẖ ; TgProv14:32↗ בבישותיה מסתחיף רשיעא‏
(1)
emotionally : to be downcast
LJLA
TgEsth2 6:12↗ והמן איסתחף ואזל לבייתיה‏ : Haman was downcast and went home
2
to be swept away
Syr, LJLA
PJ Gen49:4↗ דעלון לגווה נחלין מוחין מתגברין ולא יכילת למסובלא יתהון ואיסתחיפת‏ : swift and overflowing wadis entered into (the small garden) and it was unable to bear them and was swept away
Dtˀeṯpaˁˁalto be cast down1 sense▶
to be cast down
Syr, Man
P Ez38:20↗ ܢܣܬܚܦܘܢ ܛܘܪ̈ܐ‏ ; P Ps27:2↗ ܐܝܟ ܚܕܐ ܐܣܬܚܦܘ ܘܢܦܠܘ‏
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The Babylonian connotation of "to cover as a means of protection" probably reflects the similar usage in Akkadian, for which see CAD S 31ff.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 992[466]DJBA: 798aJastrow: 971Drower/Macuch: 320a, 390aJ. Payne-Smith: 372Levy Ch-W: 2:153Tal Sam: 578Qumran: 165

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