Word Study · Strong's H5600 · Hebrew

סְפִינָה

sephinah

sef-ee-naw'

Strong's 1890 spelling: çᵉphîynâh

“a (sea-going) vessel (as ceiled with a deck)”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

a (sea-going) vessel (as ceiled with a deck)

Rendered in the KJV as

ship.

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occurrencein the Old Testament
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Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
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inflected formdistinct spellings

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The word itself

Inflected forms · 1

הַסְּפִינָ֔ה1

How it is rendered · 1

the ship1

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How it parses · 1

the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular1

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HTd/Ncfsa · 1

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Jonah1 occurrence

Jonah 1:5הַסְּפִינָ֔הhasefinahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularThe sailors were afraid, and each cried out to his own god. And they threw the ship’s cargo into the sea to lighten the load. But Jonah had gone down to the lowest part of the vessel, where he lay down and fell into a deep sleep.here: the ship

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