{"def":{"short":"properly, to scrape (literally, to shave; but usually figuratively) together (i.e., to accumulate or increase) or away (i.e., to scatter, remove, or ruin; intransitively, to perish)","long":["to sweep or snatch away, catch up, destroy, consume",["(Qal)",["to be snatched away","to sweep or snatch away"],"(Niphal)",["to be swept away, be destroyed","to be caught up, be captured"],"(Hiphil) to catch up, gather"]]},"deriv":"a primitive root","pronun":{"ipa":"sɔːˈpɔː","ipa_mod":"sɑːˈfɑː","sbl":"sāpâ","dic":"saw-PAW","dic_mod":"sa-FA"}}