שָׁפָן

«שָׁפָן» in the Tanakh dictionary: rock-badger — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 4 times · Key: 8227 · BDB: שָׁפָן

Glosses

badger (2); badgers (1); rock.badgers (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

rock-badger tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. rock-badger tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. Lv 11:5 rock-badger, hyrax syriacus, AV RV coney;—abs. שׁ׳ Dt 14:7 = Lv 11:5 (P; unclean animal); living in rocks, pl. שְׁפַנִּים ψ 104:18 Pr 30:26.—Vid. RobBR iii. 66, 387 TrNHB 75; FFP 1, and Pl. 1 Dr Dt PostHast. DB coney McLean-ShipleyEncy. Bib. id..

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (4 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «שָׁפָן» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Psalms 104:18

הָרִ֣ים הַ֭גְּבֹהִים לַיְּעֵלִ֑ים סְ֝לָעִ֗ים מַחְסֶ֥ה לַֽשְׁפַנִּֽים׃

Word for word: [the].mountains (the) high [belong].to the.mountain goats crags [are].a.refuge for the.rock badgers

JPS 1917: The high mountains are for the wild goats; the rocks are a refuge for the conies.

Proverbs 30:26

שְׁ֭פַנִּים עַ֣ם לֹא־עָצ֑וּם וַיָּשִׂ֖ימוּ בַסֶּ֣לַע בֵּיתָֽם׃

Word for word: rock.badgers [are].a.people not mighty and they.made in the rock[s] home their

JPS 1917: The rock-badgers are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the crags;

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