fornication with her (Lane), i.e. effudit cum ea (sc. semen ) Fl in De Jes 3:78 Anm.; on Ph. שפח servant (?) cf. Hoffm Ph. Inscr. 18 Lzb 381 ) ^.

• שִׁפְחָה S 8198 TWOT 2442a GK 9148 n.f. maid, maid-servant ( ^syn. אָמָה ^{, q.v.;} orig. = concubine ? cf. √ ) ;— abs. שׁ׳ Gn 16:1 +; cstr. שִׁפְחַת v 2 +; sf. שִׁפְחָתִי v 2 +, שִׁפְחָתֶ֑ךָ Ru 2:1 3, etc.; pl. abs. שְׁפָחוֹת 12:16 +; etc.;— 1. lit., 2, as belonging to a mistress Gn 16:1 , 3 , 6 , 8 (PJ) 29:24 , 29 ( P ) ψ 123:2 , Pr 30:23 Is 24:2 ; even where concubine of master ( cf. אָמָה ⁾ Gn 16:2 , 5 (PJ) 25:12 ; 35:25 , 26 ( P ) 30:4 , 7 , 9 , 10 , 12 , 18 (all JE); less often ref. to master 29:24 , 29 ( J ), Ru 2:13 , of concubine Gn 32:23 , cf. 33: 1, 2 , 6 (all J ); marriageable Lv 19:20 ( H , cf. Ex 11:5 ; not elsewhere in legisl.); in gen., especially of menial service (never אָמָה ^{) Ex 11:5 (J)} 1 S 25:41 ( opp. אָמָה ⁾ 2 S 17:17 ( || עֶבֶד ⁾ Gn 12:16 ; 24:35
( J ) 20:14 ( E ) 30:43 ( P ) 32:6 ( J ; coll. ) Dt 28:68 1 S 8:16 2 K 5:26 Is 14:2 Je 34: 9, 10 , 11 ^(×2), 16 ^(×2) Jo 3:2 Ec 2:7 2 Ch 28:10 Est 7: 4. 2. fig. in address, שִׁפְתָֽתְךָ ^, etc., of speaker, in token of humility ( v. אָמָה ^{) Ru 2:13 (||} אָמָה 3: 9), 1 S 1:18 ( || id. v 1 6), 25:27 ( || v 24 f .), 28:21 , 22 2 S 14: 6, 7 , 12 , 15 , 17 , 19 ( || אָמָה v 1 5, 16 ); 2 K 4:2 , 16 ; not toward God; but v. אָמָה ^.

מִשְׁפָּחָה S 4940 TWOT 2442b GK 5476303 n.f .clan ( ^RSSem i. 258, 2nd ed. 276; K 149, 2nd ed. 175 Ba ^{NB § 161 a}) ;— abs. מ׳ Am 3:1 +; cstr. מִשְׁפַּ֫חַת Ju 9:1 +; sf. מִשְׁפַּחְתִּי Gn 24:38 +, etc.; pl. מִשְׁפָּהוֹת Na 3:4 +; cstr. מִשְׁפְּחוֹת Am 3:2 +; sf. מִשְׁפְּחֹתֵיהֶם Gn 8:19 + 2 times, usually -תָם Nu 1:18 + 84 times, etc.;— 1. clan: a. family connexion of individ. Gn 24:38 ( + בֵּית־אָבִי ^{), v} 40 ( + id. ), v

Fl H.L. Fleischer. Ph. Phenician. Hoffm G. Hoffmann.

Inscr. inscription(s); Lzb M. Lidsbarski (v. Ldzb.). P Priests Code or Narrative. H Code of Holiness.
opp. opposite, as opposed to, or contrasted with. coll. collective.

×2 two times. fig. figurative.

K W. Robertson Smith, Kinship & Marriage in Early Arabia;