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Be bare

שָׁפָהStrong’s H8192

shaphah (sha-phah)

Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Shaphah is the Hebrew word usually translated “are laid bare” and “swept bare”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.

“His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out.”
Job 33:21 KJV
Meaning
  1. To sweep bare, scrape(Niphal) to be wind-swept, be bare, be scraped barren (by wind) · (Pual) to be bare, be laid bare
How it's translated
  • and they are laid bare 1
  • swept bare 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Job 1
  • Isaiah 1

2 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

שָׁפָה shaphah · be bare

1) to sweep bare, scrape 1a) (Niphal) to be wind-swept, be bare, be scraped barren (by wind) 1b) (Pual) to be bare, be laid bare

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.