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title: סְפִינָה — vessel · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סְפִינָה (5600), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: vessel. BDB 1906: n.f. vessel, ship. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סְפִינָה

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«סְפִינָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **vessel** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 5600 · **BDB:** סְפִינָה

### Glosses

the.ship (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

vessel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5600/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. vessel, ship [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5600/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. vessel, ship (covered in, overlaid, with sheathing, deck, etc.; Aramaic ܣܦܺܝܢܳܐ;; on Arabic سَفِينَةٌ as loan-word v. Frä216);—only יַרְכְּתֵי הַסּ׳ Jon 1:5.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 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, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סְפִינָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5600/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jonah 1:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JON.1.5/)

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וַיִּֽירְא֣וּ הַמַּלָּחִ֗ים וַֽיִּזְעֲקוּ֮ אִ֣ישׁ אֶל־אֱלֹהָיו֒ וַיָּטִ֨לוּ אֶת־הַכֵּלִ֜ים אֲשֶׁ֤ר בָּֽאֳנִיָּה֙ אֶל־הַיָּ֔ם לְהָקֵ֖ל מֵֽעֲלֵיהֶ֑ם וְיוֹנָ֗ה יָרַד֙ אֶל־יַרְכְּתֵ֣י הַסְּפִינָ֔ה וַיִּשְׁכַּ֖ב וַיֵּרָדַֽם׃

*Word for word:* and they.were.afraid the mariners and they.cried.for.help each to gods his and they.hurled (et) the vessels which \[were\].in the ship into the sea to lighten from on them and Jonah he.had.gone.down into the.innermost.parts of the.ship and he.had.lain.down and he.had.fallen.asleep

*JPS 1917:* And the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god; and they cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it unto them. But Jonah was gone down into the innermost parts of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep.

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