Hebrew edit

Etymology 1 edit

Root
ס־ו־ף (s-w-p)

From Aramaic סוֹף (sōp̄)[1][2]

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Noun edit

סוֹף (sófm (plural indefinite סוֹפִים, singular construct סוֹף־, plural construct סוֹפֵי־)

  1. An end, a finish.
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Descendants edit
  • Yiddish: סוף (sof)

Etymology 2 edit

Root
ס־ו־ף (s-w-p)

From Late Egyptian ṯwfj (papyrus; papyrus thicket).[3][4]

Noun edit

סוּף (súfm

  1. reed, (biblical) bulrush, papyrus
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References edit

  1. ^ Haupt, Paul (1917) “Syriac sífṯâ, lip, and sáu̮pâ, end”, in Journal of the Society of Oriental Research[1], volume 1, page 92
  2. ^ Wagner, Max (1966) Die lexikalischen und grammatikalischen Aramaismen im alttestamentlichen Hebräisch (Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft; 96) (in German), Berlin: Alfred Töpelmann, →ISBN, page 87 Nr. 199
  3. ^ Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[2], volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 359.6–359.10
  4. ^ Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 322
  • סוף” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading edit

Yiddish edit

Etymology edit

From Hebrew סוֹף (sóf).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

סוף (sofm

  1. end
    פֿון אָנהייב ביזן סוףfun onheyb bizn soffrom beginning to end

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