סנפיר
Hebrew
FWOTD – 9 March 2016
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סנפירים של הדג Lampanyctodes hectoris
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ס־נ־פ־ר (s-n-p-r) |
Etymology
Unknown. Perhaps related to Arabic نَفَرَ (nafara, “to flee in fear”) or Arabic زَنْفَلَ (zanfala, “to hasten”).
Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /snaˈpiʁ/
Noun
סְנַפִּיר • (s'napír) m (plural indefinite סְנַפִּירִים)
- fin, flipper (of a fish or other marine animal)
- Leviticus 11:9, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- אֶת־זֶה תֹּאכְלוּ מִכֹּל אֲשֶׁר בַּמָּיִם כֹּל אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ סְנַפִּיר וְקַשְׂקֶשֶׂת בַּמַּיִם בַּיַּמִּים וּבַנְּחָלִים אֹתָם תֹּאכֵלוּ׃
- 'et-zé tokh'lú mikól 'ashér bamáyim kól 'asher-ló s'napír v'kashkéshet bamáyim bayamím uvan'khalím 'otám tokhélu.
ʾeṯ-ze tōḵəlū mikkōl ʾăšer bammā́yim kōl ʾăšer-lō sənappīr wəqašqéšeṯ bammáyim bayyāmīm ūḇannəḥālīm ʾōṯām tōḵḗlū. - These may ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them may ye eat.
- 'et-zé tokh'lú mikól 'ashér bamáyim kól 'asher-ló s'napír v'kashkéshet bamáyim bayamím uvan'khalím 'otám tokhélu.
- Leviticus 11:9, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- (usually in the plural, swimming) fin, flipper (device worn to aid swimming)
- fin (device that directs airflow, such as of a projectile)
- fin (device that facilitates heat transfer, such as of a radiator)
References
- “סנפיר” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading
סנפיר on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he