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
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ET-ha-sha-FAN
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ET-ha-ar-NE-vet ve-ET-ha-sha-FAN
- 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
- 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 context — Deuteronomy 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.