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Psalms 79:3

“Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

שָׁפַךְshâphak · shaw-fak'
H8210 · Hebrew
Definition
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
Derivation
a primitive root;
KJV renderings
cast (up), gush out, pour (out), shed(-der, out), slip.
Grammar
  • שָׁפְכ֬וּ — verb Qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural
Code HVqp3cp
Usage
Occurs 117 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 9:6Genesis 9:6Genesis 37:22Exodus 4:9Exodus 29:12

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read שָׁפַךְ here.

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.