Know the Word.

Hebrew word

çâphaq

saw-fak'

סָפַק

What it means

to clap the hands

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

Where it comes from

or שָׂפַק; (1 Kings 20:10; Job 27:23; Isaiah 2:6), a primitive root

How the King James translates it

  • smote2
  • clap2
  • together1
  • suffice1
  • striketh1
  • clappeth1
  • please1
  • wallow1

Every place it appears 11

Numbers24:10
1 Kings20:10
Isaiah2:6
Jeremiah31:1948:26
Lamentations2:15
Ezekiel21:12
çâphaq — Hebrew word meaning “to clap the hands”