הַ/סֹּפְדִֽים
𐤄/𐤎𐤐𐤃𐤉𐤌
çâphad
the mourners
To express grief audibly and visibly, particularly through lamentation rituals; to mourn the dead, to engage in public acts of mourning, including wailing, dirges, and formal expressions of communal bereavement. Commonly refers to the performance of mourning rites, especially in funerary settings and other occasions of collective loss.
Ecclesiastes 12:5 · Word #20
Lexicon H5594
| Lemma | סָפַד |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤎𐤐𐤃 |
| Transliteration | çâphad |
| Strong's | H5594 |
| Definition | To express grief audibly and visibly, particularly through lamentation rituals; to mourn the dead, to engage in public acts of mourning, including wailing, dirges, and formal expressions of communal bereavement. Commonly refers to the performance of mourning rites, especially in funerary settings and other occasions of collective loss. |
Morphology HTd/Vqrmpa
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | V — Verb — An action or state |
| Binyan | q — Qal — Simple active |
| Conjugation | r — Participle Active — The one doing the action |
| Gender | m — Masculine — Masculine |
| Number | p — Plural — Plural |
| State | a — Absolute — The noun stands independently |
Common Translation
| Phrase | the mourners |
SIBI-P1 Translation H5594-02
the ones lamenting
| Morphological Notes | Qal active participle, masculine plural, absolute state with definite article ("the"). |
| Rendering Rationale | The Qal active participle masculine plural denotes those actively performing the act of ritual lamentation. "The ones lamenting" preserves the verbal, ongoing sense of the participle and reflects the root’s focus on audible, public mourning. |
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