סָרַף çâraph — to cremate, i.e. to be (near) of kin (such being privileged to kindle the pyre)

pronounced saw-raf' · Strong's H5635 · 1 occurrence in the Hebrew Bible · 1 stem: Pi'el

Translated in the KJV as burn.

a primitive root; to cremate, i.e. to be (near) of kin (such being privileged to kindle the pyre).

çâraph in each stem

Pi'el 1×

Intensive · active — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it

Participle (active) 1

וּמְסָרְפ֗וֹ Amos 6:10 Participle (active), masculine singular

And a man’s uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the Lord. (KJV)

What the stems mean

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