Genesis 18:23
וַ יִּגַּשׁ אַבְרָהָם וַ יֹּאמַר הַ אַף תִּסְפֶּה צַדִּיק עִם רָשָׁע
And Father-of-Tumult is drawing near and is saying, `Really are you sweeping653 even righteous with wicked?
| 653 | Strong’s #5595, saphah. To sweep, scrape. Gesenius and Strong agree that it is, “A primitive root; properly, to scrape (literally, to shave; but usually figuratively) together (i.e. To accumulate or increase) or away”. So consider it this oracle, “Hoy! rebellious builders! An oracle of Yahweh! To make a counsel and not from me, and to pour out a cast-image and not of my spirit, to the purpose of sweeping [saphah] sin over sin” Isaiah 30:1 literal |