סיף

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Hebrew

Etymology

Compare Aramaic סיפא / ܣܝܦܐ (saypā), Arabic سَيْف (sayf), Safaitic 𐪊𐪐 (s¹f /⁠sayp⁠/), Amharic ሰይፍ (säyf), Ancient Greek ξίφος (xíphos).

Pronunciation

(Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈsajip/,
(Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈsajip/,
(Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈsajif/
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Noun

סַיִף • (sáyif) m

foil, fencing sword
fencing (the sport)

See also

חֶרֶב (khérev)

References

Klein, Ernest (1987) “סַיִף”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎, Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 445a
Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 985a

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