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;
צָֽרְפָתָה
1 K 17:
9,
10
(so
Gi
;
-פַתָה
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.