Lexical Definition

‎שְׁפִיפֹן‎ shᵉphîyphôn (shef-ee-fone') horned viper ^H:N-M
from an unused root meaning the same as ‎שׁוּף‎

adder.

• a kind of serpent (as snapping), probably the cerastes or horned adder

1) horned snake
2) (CLBL) a serpent, perhaps an adder or horned snake

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎שְׁפִיפֹן‎ noun [masculine] horned snake, ᵐ5 κεράστης (Arabic , Frey); — absolute ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Gen 49:17 (|| ‎נָחָשׁ‎); = cerastes cornutus or Hasselquistii, compare Tr^{NBB 273} Post^{Hast. DB iv. 457 f.} McLean-Shipley^{Ency. Bib. iv. 4393} Dr^{on the passage} — ‎שְׁפוּפָם‎, ‎שְׁפוּפָן‎ see S. V.

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