ספינה

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ס־פ־ן

Compare Arabic سَفِينَة (safīna).

Noun

סְפִינָה (sfiná) f (plural indefinite סְפִינוֹת, singular construct סְפִינַת־) [pattern: קְטִילָה]

  1. ship, boat
    • Jonah 1:5, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      [] וְיֹונָה יָרַד אֶל־יַרְכְּתֵי הַסְּפִינָה וַיִּשְׁכַּב וַיֵּרָדַֽם׃
      [] But Jonah was gone down into the innermost parts of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep.
  2. nave (of a church)

Declension

See also

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