How to say "to shed (blood), pour out" in Arabic

Cognate

Meaningto shed (blood), pour out

Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic

سَفَكَ

safakaספכ

سفك

Hebrew · Modern Hebrew

שפך

shafakhشَافَاخ

How the two words are related

Cognate

Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.

Arabic root

س-ف-ك

Hebrew root

ש-פ-כ

safaka is שפך, root and sense both intact (س↔ש, ك↔כ). The set phrase is identical in both languages too: safk ad-dimāʾ is שפיכות דמים, bloodshed.

سَفَكَ دَمَه ظُلْمًا

safaka damahu ẓulmanספכ דמה ט'למן

He shed his blood unjustly