STRONGS NUMBER H8210


Word Summary
shaphak: to pour out, pour
Original Word: שָׁפַךְ
Transliteration: shaphak
Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-fak')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to pour out, pour
Meaning: to spill forth, to expend, to sprawl out
Strong's Concordance
cast up, gush out, pour out, shedder, out, slip

A primitive root; 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 -- cast (up), gush out, pour (out), shed(-der, out), slip.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H8210. shaphak

שָׁפַךְ113 verb pour out, pour (Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian Šapâku, pour out, especially (DlWB JenKosmol. 41) earth, to form mound; Arabic pour out, compare melt and pour into mould; Ethiopic Aramaic שְׁפַח‎, (rare) = Biblical Hebrew); —

Qal Perfect3masculine singular ׳שׁ1 Kings 2:31 +; 3 feminine singular suffix שְׁפָכַ֫תְהוּEzekiel 24:7, etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular יִשְׁפֹךְ2 Kings 19:32 +; 2 masculine singular suffix 3 masculine singular תִּשְׁמְּכֶנּוּDeuteronomy 12:16 +, etc.; Imperative masculine singular שְׁפוֺךְJudges 6:20 +, שְׁפָךְֿPsalm 69:25; feminine singular שִׁפְכִיLamentations 2:19, etc.; Infinitive construct שְׁפָךְֿ1 Kings 18:28 +, לִשְׁפֹךְIsaiah 59:7 +, etc.; Participle active שֹׁפֵךְGenesis 9:6 +, feminine שֹׁפֶ֫כֶתEzekiel 22:3, etc.; passive שָׁפוּךְPsalm 79:10, שְׁפוּכָהEzekiel 20:33-34, — 1 literal:

a. pour out, pour water Exodus 4:9 (J; accusative of location). 1 Samuel 7:6 (+ י ׳לִפְנֵי‎, unique, symbol of contrition), הָאָרֶץ עַלמְּֿנֵי‎ (subject ׳י‎) Amos 5:8; 9:6; blood like water (to flow away and be absorbed), עַלהָֿאָרֶץDeuteronomy 12:16, 24; 15:23, compare Leviticus 17:13 (H) Ezekiel 24:7; also + אֶל‎ location Exodus 29:12; Leviticus 4:7, 18, 25, 30, 34; + עַל‎ person reflexive 1 Kings 18:28; pour out broth Judges 6:20, libation (נֶסֶךְ‎, to (ל‎) false gods) Isaiah 57:6; dust Leviticus 14:41 (P; אֶל‎ location); with accusative סִלְלָהmound (in siege), = made by pouring (earth, originally from baskets, see especially Assyrian šapâku DlWB 679 b JenKosmol. 41), + עַלֿ‎ of city 2 Kings 19:32 = Isaiah 37:33; Jeremiah 6:6; Ezekiel 4:2; 26:8, אֶלֿ2 Samuel 20:15; absolute Ezekiel 17:17; 21:27; Daniel 11:15; ׳וַיִּשׁ אַרְצָה מֵעָיו2 Samuel 20:10 (by a sword-thrust in the belly), compare ׳יִשׁ מְרֵרָתִי לָאָרֶץJob 16:13 (metaphor, ׳י‎ subject).

b. techn., accusative דָּםshed blood Genesis 37:22 (E) 9:6 (P) 1 Samuel 25:31; Ezekiel 22:4 9t. Ezekiel, + 15 t. (passive Psalm 79:10) + Ezekiel 36:18 (with עַלהָֿאַרֶץ‎), 1 Chronicles 22:8 (with אַ֫רְצָה‎); accusative

a. דָּמִים1 Kings 2:31; 1 Chronicles 28:3; Psalm 79:3 (כַּמַּיִם‎).

2 figurative:

a. ׳י‎ subject, pour out anger, etc.: עֶבְרָתִי כַּמַּיִם אֶשׁ ׳עֲלֵיהֶםHosea 5:10; ׳שׁ עַל חֲמָתִיEzekiel 14:19 8t. Ezekiel; Jeremiah 10:25; Isaiah 42:25; Psalm 79:6 (אֶל‎ and עַל‎); accusative ׳ח‎ omitted Jeremiah 6:11; with ב‎ of location Lamentations 2:4; ׳ח שְׁפוּכָהEzekiel 20:33-34, accusative אַמּוֺ חֲרוֺןLamentations 4:11; accusative זַעַם‎ (עַל‎ person) Ezekiel 21:36 3t.; accusative בּוּזcontempt, עַל‎ person, Job 12:21 = Psalm 107:40; pour their own wickedness עֲלֵיהֶםJeremiah 14:16 (i.e. requite it); pour out עַל רוּחִיEzekiel 39:29, compare Zechariah 12:10; Joel 3:1; 3:2.

b. hum. subject pour out one's heart, etc., לִבֵח כַּמַּיִםLamentations 2:19, לְבַבְכֶם לְפָנָיוPsalm 62:9 (i.e. before ׳י‎), י לִפְנֵי ׳אֶתנַֿפְשִׁי1 Samuel 1:15, עָלַי‎ (reflexive; see עַל1d) Psalm 42:5; י לִפְנֵי ׳אֶתשִֿׂיחוֺ102:1 (title), compare 142:3; in bad sense, עַלֿ אֶתתַּֿזְנוּתַיִח וַתִּשְׁמְּכִיEzekiel 16:15, compare 23:8.

Niph`al Perfect3masculine singular נִשְׁמַּחLamentations 2:11, etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular יִשָּׁפֵחGenesis 9:6 +, etc.; Infinitive construct הִשָּׁפֵךְEzekiel 16:36; — be poured out: of ashes 1 Kings 13:3, 5, blood (עַל‎ location) Deuteronomy 12:27; be shed, of blood Genesis 9:6 (P) Deuteronomy 19:10; in figure Lamentations 2:11 my liver is poured לָאָרֶץ‎ (compare Qal 1 a near the end); Psalm 22:15 I am poured out like water (nerveless, helpless); subject נְּחֻשְׁתֵחEzekiel 16:36 (see [II. נְחשֶׁת‎]; compare 16:15 Qal 2 b).

Pu`al Perfect3masculine singular consecutive וְשֻׁמַּחZephaniah 1:17 be poured out כֶּעָפָר‎, of blood; שֻׁמַּחNumbers 35:33 (P) be shed, of blood; 3 feminine singular שֻׁמְּכָהPsalm 73:2 Kt my steps were caused to slip (Qr שֻׁמְּכוּ‎).

Hithpa`el Imperfect3feminine singular נַפְשׁי תִּשְׁתַּפֵח עָלַיJob 30:16 my soul pours itself out upon me (see Qal 2 b); 3 feminine plural אַבְנֵיקִֿדֶשׁ תִּשְׁתַּמֶּכְנָהLamentations 4:1 figurative of slaughter; Infinitive construct אִמֹּתָם אֶלחֵֿיק נַפְשָׁם בְּהִשְׁתַּפֵח2:12, i.e. they expire.