שָׁפָת
shafat · sheepfolds (?)
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H8240 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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shafat (שָׁפָת) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “sheepfolds (?)”.
Folds or double pens where livestock is kept; a rare word whose sense is disputed.
How to say it
sha·fat
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Peg-like hangers fixed on the wall.
- Pens for the flock; the sense is debated.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- hooks ×1
- sheepfolds ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Psalms 68:13
Though you lie down among the sheepfolds, the wings of the dove are covered with silver, and its feathers with greenish gold.”
- Ezekiel 40:43
And the hooks, one handbreadth long, were fixed in the house all around; and on the tables was the flesh of the offering.