אַשְׁפָּה

אַשְׁפָּה noun feminine quiver for arrows (Assyrian išpatu Dl^{K 29}) ׳א literal as part of warlike equipment Job 39,23; Es 22,6 figurative in simile of sons of one's youth as arrows (weapons which the father may wield) Sl 127,5 אַשְׁרֵי הַגֶּבֶר אֲשֶׁר מִלֵּא אֶתאַֿשְׁפָּתוֺ מֵהֶם the happiness of the man that hath filled his quiver with them ! of Yahweh's quiver, in metaphor of prophet as arrow of ׳י Es 49,2 וַיְשִׂימֵנִי לְחַץ בָּרוּר בְּאַשְׁפָּתוֺ הִסְתִּירָ֑נִי and he made me into a polished arrow, in his quiver he hid me; also of quiver in which ׳י has his arrows of chastisement, בְּנֵי אַשְׁפָּתוֺ, i.e. his arrows Klg 3,13 (|| חֵץ vKlg 3,12).