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It conveys actions such as clapping in joy or derision, striking in anger or frustration, or slapping as a gesture of contempt or mourning. The term can also imply a sense of lamentation or despair, as seen in its usage in contexts of mourning or distress.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Near Eastern cultures, physical gestures such as clapping or striking were significant expressions of emotion. Clapping could denote joy, approval, or mockery, while striking or slapping was often associated with mourning, anger, or scorn. These gestures were integral to the cultural expressions of the time, reflecting the emotional and social dynamics of biblical communities.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>a prim. root<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>to slap, clap<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>clap (2), claps (1), smote (1), strike (2), strikes (1), struck together (1), wallow (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> II. [<font class="hebrew2">שָׂפַק</font>] <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>verb</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>suffice</b></font> (Late Hebrew <font class="hebrew2">סָפַק</font> <em>suffice, abound</em>, so Ecclus 15:18 +; <font class="hebrew2">ᵑ7</font> <font class="hebrew2">סְפֵיק</font>, <font class="hebrew2">סְפַק</font>, Syriac <img src="/bdbgif/bdb097402.gif">; Arabic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb097403.gif"> is <em>be niggardly, scanty</em>, Lane<sup>1573</sup>); — <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Qal</b></font> <em>Imperfect</em>3masculine singular <font class="hebrew2">יִשְׂמֹּק</font> <a href="/interlinear/1_kings/20-10.htm">1 Kings 20:10</a>, subject dust, with <font class="hebrew2">לְ</font> of thing. <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>clap, smite, strike, suffice, wallow <p>Or saphaq (1 Kings 20:10; Job 27:23; Isaiah 2:6) {saw-fak'}; a primitive root; to clap the hands (in token of compact, derision, grief, indignation, or punishment); by implication of satisfaction, to be enough; by implication of excess, to vomit -- clap, smite, strike, suffice, wallow. <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>וְסָפַ֤ק וַיִּסְפֹּ֖ק ויספק וספק יִסְפּ֑וֹק יִשְׂפֹּ֣ק יִשְׂפֹּק֙ יַשְׂפִּֽיקוּ׃ יספוק ישפיקו׃ ישפק סְפָקָ֗ם סְפֹ֥ק סָֽפְק֨וּ סָפַ֖קְתִּי ספק ספקו ספקם ספקתי sā·p̄aq·tî sā·p̄ə·qū saFakti safeKu sāp̄aqtî sāp̄əqū sə·p̄ā·qām sə·p̄ōq sefaKam seFok səp̄āqām səp̄ōq vaiyisPok vesaFak way·yis·pōq wayyispōq wə·sā·p̄aq wəsāp̄aq yaś·pî·qū yasPiku yaśpîqū yis·pō·wq yiś·pōq yisPok yiśpōq yispōwq<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/numbers/24-10.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Numbers 24:10</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/numbers/24.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">אֶל־ בִּלְעָ֔ם <b> וַיִּסְפֹּ֖ק </b> אֶת־ כַּפָּ֑יו</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/numbers/24.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Balaam, <span class="itali">and he struck</span> his hands<br><a href="/kjvs/numbers/24.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> his hands <span class="itali">together:</span> and Balak<br><a href="/interlinear/numbers/24-10.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> against Balaam <span class="itali">struck</span> his hands said<p><b><a href="/text/1_kings/20-10.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Kings 20:10</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_kings/20.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">יוֹסִ֑פוּ אִם־ <b> יִשְׂפֹּק֙ </b> עֲפַ֣ר שֹׁמְר֔וֹן</span><br><a href="/kjvs/1_kings/20.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of Samaria <span class="itali">shall suffice</span> for handfuls<br><a href="/interlinear/1_kings/20-10.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and more if <span class="itali">shall suffice</span> the dust of Samaria<p><b><a href="/text/job/27-23.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Job 27:23</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/job/27.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> <b> יִשְׂפֹּ֣ק </b> עָלֵ֣ימוֹ כַפֵּ֑ימוֹ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/job/27.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">[Men] will clap</span> their hands<br><a href="/kjvs/job/27.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">[Men] shall clap</span> their hands<br><a href="/interlinear/job/27-23.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> <span class="itali">will clap</span> and their hands<p><b><a href="/text/job/34-26.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Job 34:26</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/job/34.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">תַּֽחַת־ רְשָׁעִ֥ים <b> סְפָקָ֗ם </b> בִּמְק֥וֹם רֹאִֽים׃</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/job/34.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">He strikes</span> them like the wicked<br><a href="/kjvs/job/34.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">He striketh</span> them as wicked men<br><a href="/interlinear/job/34-26.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> like the wicked <span class="itali">strikes</span> place A public<p><b><a href="/text/job/34-37.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Job 34:37</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/job/34.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">פֶ֭שַׁע בֵּינֵ֣ינוּ <b> יִסְפּ֑וֹק </b> וְיֶ֖רֶב אֲמָרָ֣יו</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/job/34.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> to his sin; <span class="itali">He claps</span> his hands among<br><a href="/kjvs/job/34.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> unto his sin, <span class="itali">he clappeth</span> [his hands] among us, and multiplieth<br><a href="/interlinear/job/34-37.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> rebellion among <span class="itali">claps</span> and multiplies his words<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/2-6.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 2:6</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/2.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וּבְיַלְדֵ֥י נָכְרִ֖ים <b> יַשְׂפִּֽיקוּ׃ </b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/2.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> like the Philistines, <span class="itali">And they strike</span> [bargains] with the children<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> like the Philistines, <span class="itali">and they please</span> themselves in the children<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/2-6.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the children of foreigners <span class="itali">strike</span><p><b><a href="/text/jeremiah/31-19.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Jeremiah 31:19</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/31.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וְאַֽחֲרֵי֙ הִוָּ֣דְעִ֔י <b> סָפַ֖קְתִּי </b> עַל־ יָרֵ֑ךְ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/jeremiah/31.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> I was instructed, <span class="itali">I smote</span> on [my] thigh;<br><a href="/kjvs/jeremiah/31.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> that I was instructed, <span class="itali">I smote</span> upon [my] thigh:<br><a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/31-19.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and after was instructed <span class="itali">smote</span> on thigh<p><b><a href="/text/jeremiah/48-26.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Jeremiah 48:26</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/48.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">יְהוָ֖ה הִגְדִּ֑יל <b> וְסָפַ֤ק </b> מוֹאָב֙ בְּקִיא֔וֹ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/jeremiah/48.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> so Moab <span class="itali">will wallow</span> in his vomit,<br><a href="/kjvs/jeremiah/48.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> Moab <span class="itali">also shall wallow</span> in his vomit,<br><a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/48-26.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the LORD has become <span class="itali">will wallow</span> Moab his vomit<p><b><a href="/text/lamentations/2-15.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Lamentations 2:15</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/lamentations/2.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> <b> סָֽפְק֨וּ </b> עָלַ֤יִךְ כַּפַּ֙יִם֙</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/lamentations/2.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> the way <span class="itali">Clap</span> their hands<br><a href="/kjvs/lamentations/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> All that pass <span class="itali">by clap</span> [their] hands<br><a href="/interlinear/lamentations/2-15.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> <span class="itali">Clap</span> and their hands<p><b><a href="/text/ezekiel/21-12.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezekiel 21:12</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/21.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">עַמִּ֔י לָכֵ֖ן <b> סְפֹ֥ק </b> אֶל־ יָרֵֽךְ׃</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezekiel/21.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> therefore <span class="itali">strike</span> [your] thigh.<br><a href="/kjvs/ezekiel/21.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> shall be upon my people: <span class="itali">smite</span> therefore upon [thy] thigh.<br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/21-12.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> my people therefore <span class="itali">strike</span> about thigh<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5606.htm">10 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5606.htm">Strong's Hebrew 5606<br>10 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/safakti_5606.htm">sā·p̄aq·tî — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/safeku_5606.htm">sā·p̄ə·qū — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/sefakam_5606.htm">sə·p̄ā·qām — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/sefok_5606.htm">sə·p̄ōq — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/vaiyispok_5606.htm">way·yis·pōq — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/vesafak_5606.htm">wə·sā·p̄aq — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/yaspiku_5606.htm">yaś·pî·qū — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/yispok_5606.htm">yiś·pōq — 3 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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