- Original: שׁפה - Transliteration: Shaphah - Phonetic: shaw-faw' - Definition: 1. to sweep bare, scrape a. (Niphal) to be wind-swept, be bare, be scraped barren (by wind) b. (Pual) to be bare, be laid bare - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 2440 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to abrade that is bare: - high stick out. Total KJV Occurrences: 2 • high, 1 Isaiah 13:2 • out, 1 Job 33:21