su.phah denotes a violent windstorm, including imagery of forces that sweep away, pursue, or bring calamity.

The term denotes a violent windstorm. The supplied verses show it as a force that carries away chaff, passes over the wicked, accompanies stormy visitation, and supplies comparisons for swift chariots, pursuit, and calamity.

1. Violent windstorm and its sweeping force · dominant

   In Job 21:18 the APB renders chaff as something a whirlwind steals, while in Proverbs 10:25 it passes and the wicked are no more. Isaiah 29:6 places the singular noun among thunder, quaking, tempest, and consuming fire; Isaiah 5:28 and Jeremiah 4:13 use it in comparisons for chariot wheels and chariots. Isaiah 21:1 has the plural form in the opening comparison, rendered “As whirlwinds in the Negeb.”

   Job 21:18Proverbs 10:25Isaiah 29:6Isaiah 5:28Jeremiah 4:13Isaiah 21:1

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the term with “whirlwind,” including scenes of chaff being taken away, a passing disaster, and chariots compared to its force. Its wording in Psalm 83:16 does not isolate this term's specific English contribution.