סיף

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/, [ˈsajif]
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈsajip/, [ˈsaːjif]
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈsajif/

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Noun

סַיִף • (sáyif) m

1. foil, fencing sword
2. 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^[1], 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