Lexical Definition

‎שָׁפָן‎ shâphân (shaw-fawn') rock badger ^H:N-M
from ‎שָׂפַן‎

coney.

• a species of rockrabbit (from its hiding), i.e. probably the hyrax

n m
1) rock badger, coney, the hyrax
n pr m
2) secretary or scribe of king Josiah of Judah
3) father of Ahikam in the time of king Josiah of Judah
3a) improbably the same as 2
4) father of Elasah in the time of the prophet Jeremiah
4a) perhaps the same as 3
5) a scribe and father of Gemariah
5a) perhaps the same as 2
6) father of Jaazaniah in the time of Ezekiel
6a) perhaps the same as 2

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎שָׁפָן‎ noun masculine^{Lev 11:5} rock-badger, hyrax syriacus, AV RV coney; — absolute ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Deut 14:7 = Lev 11:5 (P; unclean animal); living in rocks, plural ‎שְׁפַנִּים‎ Ps 104:18; Prov 30:26. — See Rob^{BR iii. 66, 387} Tr^{NHB 75; FFP 1, and Plural 1} Post^{Hast. DB CONEY} McLean-Shipley^{Ency. Bib. ID}.

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