na.phah denotes a sieve in Isaiah’s image of sifting nations toward destruction.

The attested use names a sieve within an image of nations being sifted toward destruction in Isaiah 30:28.

1. Sieve in an image of sifting · dominant

   In Isaiah 30:28, the construct feminine singular noun occurs in the clause about sifting the nations; the APB renders the larger expression “to sift the nations with the sieve of destruction.”

   Isaiah 30:28

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Isaiah 30:28, the APB presents the term within “the sieve of destruction.” The term’s individual English correspondence is inferred from the clause rather than assumed.