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In the context of the Hebrew Bible, it denotes a large boat used for carrying people or goods across bodies of water.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient times, ships were crucial for trade, travel, and military purposes. The Israelites, though not primarily a seafaring people, were familiar with ships due to their interactions with neighboring maritime cultures such as the Phoenicians. Ships were often seen as symbols of commerce and exploration but also of danger and the unknown, given the unpredictable nature of the sea.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/hebrew/5603.htm">saphan</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>a vessel, ship<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>ship (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> <font class="hebrew2">סְפִינָה</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>noun feminine</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>vessel, ship</b></font> (<em>covered in, overlaid</em>, with sheathing, deck, etc.; Aramaic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb070604.gif">; on Arabic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb070605.gif"> as loan-word see Frä<sup>216</sup>); — only <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">יַרְכְּתַי הַסּ</font> <a href="/interlinear/jonah/1-5.htm">Jonah 1:5</a>. <p><font class="hebrew2">ספף</font> (√ of following, meaning unknown). <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>ship <p>From <a href="/hebrew/5603.htm">caphan</a>; a (sea-going) vessel (as ceiled with a deck) -- ship. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/5603.htm">caphan</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>הַסְּפִינָ֔ה הספינה has·sə·p̄î·nāh hassefiNah hassəp̄înāh<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/jonah/1-5.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Jonah 1:5</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/jonah/1.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">אֶל־ יַרְכְּתֵ֣י <b> הַסְּפִינָ֔ה </b> וַיִּשְׁכַּ֖ב וַיֵּרָדַֽם׃</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/jonah/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> into the hold <span class="itali">of the ship,</span> lain down<br><a href="/kjvs/jonah/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> into the sides <span class="itali">of the ship;</span> and he lay,<br><a href="/interlinear/jonah/1-5.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> into the hold <span class="itali">of the ship</span> lain and fallen<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5600.htm">1 Occurrence</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5600.htm">Strong's Hebrew 5600<br>1 Occurrence</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/hassefinah_5600.htm">has·sə·p̄î·nāh — 1 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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