Proverbs 30:26:1Prov.30.26.W1TAB
שְׁ֭פַנִּים
shefanim
“rock badgers”
- Transliteration
- she-fa-NIM
- Extended
- sheh-fah-NIM
- IPA
- /ʃəfanˈniːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- rock badgers
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
she-fa-NIM
- clause
she-fa-NIM AM LO-A-tsum
- sentence
she-fa-NIM AM LO-A-tsum va-ya-SI-mu va-SE-la BEI-tam
Exegesis
The verse opens with a nominal clause where shfanim {שְׁפַנִּים | šĕ-p̄a-nîm} ‘hyraxes’ functions as subject and the predicate am lo-atzum {עַם לֹא־עָצוּם | ʿam lōʾ-ʿā-ṣûm} ‘a people not mighty’ highlights contrast.
Root and etymology
š-p-n
“hyrax”
In context — Proverbs 30:26
The conies are a people not mighty, yet they set their house in the rock .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 30:26:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 30:26, so the Hebrew word שְׁ֭פַנִּים (shefanim) 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 Prov.30.26.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.30.26.W1.S1) and character.