Lexical Summary serephah: a burning Original Word: שָׂרֵפָהTransliteration: serephah Phonetic Spelling: (ser-ay-faw') Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Short Definition: a burning Meaning: cremation Strong's Concordance burning From saraph; cremation -- burning. see HEBREW saraph Brown-Driver-Briggs H8316. serephah שְׂרֵפָה noun feminine burning; — absolute ׳שׂ Isaiah 9:4 +, construct שְׂרֵפַת Numbers 19:6 +; — ׳לשׁ of brick-burning Genesis 11:3 (+ שָׁרַף); destructive Amos 4:11; Isaiah 9:4, of land Deuteronomy 29:22, of temple, אֵשׁ לִשְׂרֵפַת הָיָה Isaiah 64:10, שׁ ׳הַר Jeremiah 51:25 i.e. a burnt-out volcano (figurative of Babylonian ); of heifer Numbers 19:6, compare 19:17; of spices (probably) as funeral rite 2 Chronicles 16:14 (as accusative of congnate meaning with verb), 21:19 (object of עָשָׂה), 21:19; of person (penal) Leviticus 10:6 (accusative of congnate meaning with verb, ׳י subject), Numbers 17:2. |
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