King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H2835
Transliteration: chasiph
Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-seef')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: little flock
Meaning: drawn off, separated, a small company
Word Summary
chasiph: little flock
Original Word: חָשִׂףTransliteration: chasiph
Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-seef')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: little flock
Meaning: drawn off, separated, a small company
Strong's Concordance
little flock From chasaph; properly, drawn off, i.e. Separated; hence, a small company (as divided from the rest) -- little flock.
see HEBREW chasaph
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H2835. chasiph
[חָשִׂיף] noun masculine only plural construct עִזִּים חֲשִׂפֵי כִּשְׁנֵי 1 Kings 20:27 ᵑ7 ᵑ9 ᵐ5 and most, two little flocks of goats (חשׂיף = segregatum, strictly what is stripped off), but this without other evidence than authority of the Vrss; Klo proposes עִזִּים מִשְׁמַּט בַּשְּׁפִי on the bare height, after the manner of goats.