סָפַד

Qal Perfect 3 feminine singular וְסָֽפְדָה consecutive Zak 12,12, 3 plural וְסָֽפְדוּ consecutive 1 Kong 14,13; Zak 12,10 Imperfect 3 feminine singular וַתִּסְפֹּד 2 Sam 11,26, 2 masculine singular תִּסְפֹּד Ezk 24,16, 1 singular cohortative אֶסְפְּדָה Mik 1,8, 3 masculine plural יִסְפְּדוּ Jer 6,16 +, etc.; Imperative masculine plural סִפְדוּ 2 Sam 3,31 + 2 t.; feminine plural סְפֹ֫דְנָה Jer 49,3 Infinitive absolute סָפוֺד Zak 7,5 construct סְפוֺד Praed 3,4, לִסְפֹּד 1 Mos 23,2; 1 Kong 13,29, לִסְפּוֺד Jer 16,5 Participle active plural סֹפְדִים Es 32,12, ׳סוֺ Praed 12,5 — wail, lament (with loud cries, etc., see Mik 1,8, and compare Dr^{Amos 5,16}), especially for dead, with לְ, 1 Sam 25,1; 1 Sam 28,3; 1 Kong 14,13; 1 Kong 14,18; 1 Mos 23,2 (P) Jer 16,6; Jer 22,18 (twice in verse); Jer 34,5, compare וְאַלתֵּֿלֵךְ לִסְפּוֺד וְאַלתָּֿנֹד לָהֶם Jer 16,5 with עַלֿ over 2 Sam 1,12; 2 Sam 11,26; 1 Kong 13,30, compare Zak 12,10 (see vZak 12,12 below); with לִפְנֵי i.e. marching before (bier) 2 Sam 3,31 (see Dr); with accusative of congnate meaning with verb 1 Mos 50,10 (J); absolute 1 Kong 13,29; Ezk 24,16 compare vEzk 24,23; Praed 3,4 (opposed to רקד; compare Sl 30,12), and participle as substantive Praed 12,5 wailers; also, with idea of guilt on part of those wailing, Zak 12,12 (compare vZak 12,10 above); over calamity, judgment, with עַלֿ Mik 1,8, absolute Jer 4,8 (both + הֵילִיל), Jer 49,3 and (with fasting) Zak 7,5; Joel 1,13. — ׳עַלשָֿׁדַיִם סֹפְדִים עַלשְֿׂדֵיחֶֿמֶד וגו Es 32,12 is dubious; Thes Ew De Che and others upon the breasts smiting (?) for the fields, etc., but read probably שָׂדִים (וֺֿת, יִַ֯ם) Ges^Comm. (q. v.) Buhl^{Lex 13 Skinner} and others: over the fields wailing, over the delightful fields, etc. Niph`al Imperfect 3 masculine plural לֹא יִסָּֽפְדוּ Jer 16,4 they shall not be bewailed, so Jer 25,33.