Psalm 16:6:5Ps.16.6.W5TAB
שָֽׁפְרָ֥ה
shafra
“has become beautiful”
- Transliteration
- shaf-RA
- Extended
- shaaf-RAA
- IPA
- /ʃɔfˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- has become beautiful
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
shaf-RA
- phraseyour reading level
shaf-RA a-LAI
- clause
AF-na-cha-LAT shaf-RA a-LAI
- sentence
cha-va-LIM na-FLU-LI ban-ne-i-MIM AF-na-cha-LAT shaf-RA a-LAI
Exegesis
Afnachalat {אַף־נַ֝חֲלָ֗ת | ʾap̄-na-ḥă-lāṯ} ‘indeed inheritance’ introduces the result clause, where shafrah {שָֽׁפְרָ֥ה | šā-p̄ə-rāh} ‘is beautiful’ describes quality.
Root and etymology
Roots-p-r
“to be beautiful, good”
In context — Psalm 16:6
The boundary lines have fallen to me in pleasant places; indeed, a beautiful inheritance has come upon me .
About this coordinate
Psalm 16:6:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Psalm 16:6, so the Hebrew word שָֽׁפְרָ֥ה (shafra) 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 Ps.16.6.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.16.6.W5.S1) and character.