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title: סְנַפִּיר — fin · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סְנַפִּיר (5579), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: fin. BDB 1906: fin. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סְנַפִּיר

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

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**Used:** 5 times · **Key:** 5579 · **BDB:** סְנַפִּיר

### Glosses

fin (5)

### Meaning (OSHB)

fin [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5579/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

fin [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5579/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] fin (NH id.; quadrilit. according to Sta§ 243; Fl LevyNHWB iii. 725 a cp. Aramaic סִמְפּוֹרִין points, nails, and der. this from סַמֵּר vb. nail, with infixed פ (LevyChWBii. 570 b));—Lv 11:9, 10, 12 = Dt 14:9, 10.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סְנַפִּיר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5579/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 11:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.11.12/)

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כֹּ֣ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֵֽין־ל֛וֹ סְנַפִּ֥יר וְקַשְׂקֶ֖שֶׂת בַּמָּ֑יִם שֶׁ֥קֶץ ה֖וּא לָכֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* all that there.\[belong\].not to it fin and scale in the waters \[is\].a.detestable.thing it to you

*JPS 1917:* Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that is a detestable thing unto you.

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[Deuteronomy 14:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.14.10/)

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וְכֹ֨ל אֲשֶׁ֧ר אֵֽין־ל֛וֹ סְנַפִּ֥יר וְקַשְׂקֶ֖שֶׂת לֹ֣א תֹאכֵ֑לוּ טָמֵ֥א ה֖וּא לָכֶֽם׃ס

*Word for word:* and all that there.\[belong\].not to it fin and scale not you.will.eat \[is\].unclean it to you

*JPS 1917:* and whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye shall not eat; it is unclean unto you.

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