Deuteronomy 14:7:12Deut.14.7.W12TAB

וְאֶת־הַשָּׁפָ֜ן

veethashafan

and the rock badger

Transliteration
ve-ET-ha-sha-FAN
Extended
veh-EET-hah-shah-FAHN
IPA
/vəˈʔeːt.haʃaˈfan/

Meaning by language

English
and the rock badger

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וְ + אֶת + הַ + שָּׁ + פָ֜ן
ve + et + ha + sha + fan
veethashafan

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Tavt as in top
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Pep with dagesh; f without
Qametslong 'ah'
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-ET-ha-sha-FAN

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-ET-ha-ar-NE-vet ve-ET-ha-sha-FAN

  3. clause

    ET-ha-ga-MAL ve-ET-ha-ar-NE-vet ve-ET-ha-sha-FAN KI-ma-a-LE ge-RAH heh-MAH u-par-SA LO hif-ri-SU te-me-IM HEM la-KHEM

  4. sentence

    AKH ET-ZEH LO to-akh-LU mi-ma-a-LEI ha-ge-RAH u-mi-maf-ri-SEI ha-par-SA ha-se-su-AH ET-ha-ga-MAL ve-ET-ha-ar-NE-vet ve-ET-ha-sha-FAN KI-ma-a-LE ge-RAH heh-MAH u-par-SA LO hif-ri-SU te-me-IM HEM la-KHEM

Exegesis

Direct-object markers in et-haggāmāl {אֶת־הַגָּמָל | ʾet-haggāmāl}, wə-ʾet-hāʾarnēvēṯ {וְאֶת־הָאַרְנֶבֶת | wə-ʾet-hāʾarnēvēṯ}, and wə-ʾet-haššāp̄ān {וְאֶת־הַשָּׁפָן | wə-ʾet-haššāp̄ān} identify the prohibited species.

Root and etymology

Rootshin–pe–nun

hyrax

In contextDeuteronomy 14:7

However, of those that bring up the cud or of those that have a split hoof—you shall not eat these: the camel, the rabbit, and the hyrax —for although they bring up the cud, they do not split the hoof; they are unclean for you.

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 14:7:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Deuteronomy 14:7, so the Hebrew word וְאֶת־הַשָּׁפָ֜ן (veethashafan) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Deut.14.7.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.14.7.W12.S1) and character.