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סָפַף

sa.phaph

to stand

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Strong’s H5605Verb1 time in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

to stand at the threshold1

In the text

Psalm 84:10הִסְתּוֹפֵף
For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

ספף vb. denom. Hithpô‛. stand at or guard, threshold;—ψ 84:11

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.