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Dn 11:35 , etc.; Pt. act. sf. צֹורְפָם Je 9: 6, etc.; pass. צָרוּף ψ 12:7 , etc.;— 1. smelt, refine: Je 6:29 (×2) in vain hath he smelted continually ( inf. abs .; fig. of purifying people); so smelt away Is 1:25 ( acc. of dross; fig. ); of silver Zc 13:9 ψ 66:10 , בַּעֲלִיל כֶּסֶף צָרוּף 12:7 (all sim. ); of אִמְרַת י׳ ψ 18:31 = 2 S 22:3 1, ψ 119:140 Pr 30:5 ( אִמְרַת אֱלֹוהַּ ); refine (men, by trials) Dn 11:35 ( + לְבָרֵר , לַלְבֵּן ). 2. test Ju 7:4 I will test them (the warriors) for thee ( י׳ subj.);—perhaps also v 3 ( v. I. צפר ); more gen., of י׳ ’s testing, trying (the hearts of) men (often || בָּחַן ) Je 9:6 Is 48:10 Zc 13:9 ψ 17:3 ; 26:2 ; 66:10 . 3. test (& prove true) a man (subj. י׳ ’s saying) ψ 105:19 . 4. Pt. act. as n. smelter, refiner , hence = goldsmith Ju 17:4 Je 10: 9, 14 ; 51:17 Is 40:19 (×2) (but perhaps del. v b, cf. Du Che Mart i), 41:7 ; 46:6 Pr 25:4 ; as a guild Ne 3:8 , 32 . Niph. Impf. 3 mpl. יִצָּֽרְפוּ Dn 12:10 many shall be refined (by suffering; + יִתְבָּֽרְרוּ , יִתְלַבְּנוּ ). Pi. Pt. מְצָרֵף as n. a refiner , כְּאֵשׁ מ׳ Mal 3:2 ( sim. of י׳ ), cf. מְ׳ alone v 3 ( + מְטַהֵר כֶּסֶף ).

צֹרְפִי S 6885 TWOT 1972a GK 7672 n. [ m. ] coll. goldsmiths ;— only בֶּן־הַצּ׳ Ne 3:31 i.e. belonging to the goldsmiths , a member of their guild.

צָֽרְפַת S 6886 GK 7673 n.pr.loc. Σαρεπτα : on coast S. of Sidon ( ? smelting- place; on strange form cf. Lag BN 84; Assyrian Ṣariptu Dl Pa 284 COT 1 K 1 7, 9 ;

Egyptian Ḏa-ï̥ra-pu-ti̥ WMM As. u. Eur. 184 ) ;— צ׳ Ob 2 0; צָֽרְפָ˜תָה 1 K 17: 9, 10 (so Gi ; -פַ˜תָה van d. H. Baer); mod. Ṣarfend Rob BR ii. 474 ff. Pietschm Phön. 58
f. .

Qr Q erê. Inf. Infinitive. acc. accusative (direct obj. etc.) del. dele, strike out (also delet, delent ). Du B. Duhm.

Che T. K. Cheyne. Marti K. Marti. mpl. masculine plural. Dl Friedrich Delitzsch, Wo lag das Paradies? COT The Cuneiform Inscr. & the Old Test. (Eng. Trans. of KAT 2;, by O.H. Whitehouse).

WMM W. Max Müller, Asien u. Europa . Gi C.D. Gindsburg.
van d. H. E. van der Hooght , Heb. text of O.T. Rob E. Robinson, Biblical Resarches. Pietschm R. Pietschmann.


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