H5595. saphah
[סָפָה] verb sweep away or snatch away, catch up (Late Hebrew סָפָא ׳ספ, collect (rare), ׳סְפִ ᵑ7 (rare), Syriac collect, pick up; Arabic of wind, raise dust and carry it away Lane1377); —
Qal 1. intransitive: Perfect3feminine singular סָֽפְתָה [Jer 12:4] be snatched away (read possibly סָ֫פָה [סוף]).
2 transitive: Imperfect3feminine singular תִּסְמֶּה [Isa 7:20] sweep away beard; 2 masculine singular תִּסְמֶּה [Gen 18:23-24], sweep away indiscriminately (good and bad); Infinitive construct סְפוֺת [Deut 29:18] to snatch away the moist with the dry (proverb. expression, compare Dr), suffix לִסְמּוֺתָהּ [Psa 40:15] to snatch it away (i.e. my life). — וְסָפ֫וּ [Amos 3:15] see סוף.
Niph`al Pf .3masculine singular וְנִסְמָּה consecutive [1Sam 26:10]; Imperfect2masculine singularתִּסָּפֶה [Gen 19:15], [17]; [1]singular אֶסָּפֶה [1Sam 27:1-2];masculine plural תִּסָּפוּ [Num 16:26], תִּסָּפ֑וּ [1Sam 12:25]; Participle נִסְמֶּה [Isa 13:15]; [Prov 13:23] ([1Chr 21:12] see below); —
1 be swept away, destroyed, [Gen 19:15] (הָעִיר בַּעֲוֺן by reason of the iniquity of the city), [19:17] (both J), [Num 16:26] (JE) [1Sam 12:25]; [26:10] (in battle), + בְּיַד of agent [27:1]; compare מִשְׁמָּט בְּלאֹ נִסְמֶּה וְיֵשׁ [Prov 13:23] and there is that is swept away for lack of justice. — [1Chr 21:12] read נוּסְךָ (as || [2Sam 24:13], see נוּס).
2 be caught up, captured, [Isa 13:15] (|| נִמְצָא).
Hiph`il Imperfect1singular רָעוֺת עָלֵימוֺ אֵסְמֶּה [Deut 32:23] I will catch up against them calamities, but read אֹסְפָה I will gather (√ אסף), or < אֹסִפָה (Di Dr BuhlLex 13) I will add, i.e.multiply (√ יסף; see Ges§ 69h, note).