sa.aph denotes lopping off a bough in the judgment scene of Isaiah 10:33.

The attested use describes the cutting off of a bough within Isaiah 10:33's scene of the tall and lofty being cut down and brought low.

1. Cutting off a bough · dominant

   In Isaiah 10:33, the masculine singular absolute Piel active participle occurs in the clause where the Lord is acting against a bough; the APB renders the verse, “the Lord, the LORD of Hosts, lops off the bough with terror,” followed by the cutting down of the tall and lowering of the lofty.

   Isaiah 10:33

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Isaiah 10:33, the APB presents the action as “lops off the bough.” That wording confirms the clause's overall cutting imagery rather than isolating every element of the Hebrew form.