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title: שְׁפִיפֹן — horned snake · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שְׁפִיפֹן (8207), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: horned snake. BDB 1906: horned snake. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שְׁפִיפֹן

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«שְׁפִיפֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **horned snake** — 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:** 8207 · **BDB:** שְׁפִיפֹן

### Glosses

a.viper (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

horned snake [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8207/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

horned snake [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8207/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] horned snake, 𝔊 κεράστης (Arabic سِفٌّ, سُفٌ Frey);—abs. שׁ׳ Gn 49:17 (‖ נָחָשׁ); = cerastes cornutus or Hasselquistii, cf. TrNHB 273 PostHast. DB iv. 457 f. McLean-ShipleyEncy. Bib. iv. 4393 Drad loc.—שְׁפוּפָם, שְׁפוּפָן vid. s.v.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שְׁפִיפֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8207/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 49:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.49.17/)

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יְהִי־דָן֙ נָחָ֣שׁ עֲלֵי־דֶ֔רֶךְ שְׁפִיפֹ֖ן עֲלֵי־אֹ֑רַח הַנֹּשֵׁךְ֙ עִקְּבֵי־ס֔וּס וַיִּפֹּ֥ל רֹכְב֖וֹ אָחֽוֹר׃

*Word for word:* may.he.be Dan a.snake on a.road a.viper on a.path \[which\] bites \[the\].heels of.a.horse and he.fell rider its backwards

*JPS 1917:* Dan shall be a serpent in the way, a horned snake in the path, that biteth the horse's heels, so that his rider falleth backward.

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