saphaph


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to stand at or guard the threshold
Original Word: סָפַף
Transliteration: saphaph
Phonetic Spelling: (saw-faf')
Short Definition: be a doorkeeper
Word Origin
denominative verb from saph
Definition
to stand at or guard the threshold
NASB Word Usage
stand at the threshold (1).

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be a doorkeeper

A primitive root; properly, to snatch away, i.e. Terminate; but used only as denominative from caph (in the sense of a vestibule), to wait at the threshold -- be a doorkeeper.

see HEBREW caph


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