Shfan sela (שפן סלע) means cape hyrax in Hebrew.
It can also mean rock hyrax. It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
שְׁפַן סֶלַע
shfan sela
noun · masculine
In English
cape hyrax, rock hyrax
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Shfan sela.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1בעל חיים ממחלקת היונקים המשתייך למשפחת השפניים.
The word Shfan sela is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- שְׁפַן סֶלַע
- Written without vowel points
- שפן סלע
- Said
- shfan sela
- Plural
- שְׁפַנֵי סֶלַע
- Inflections
- ר' שְׁפַנֵי סֶלַע
- Gematria
- 590
This is how Shfan sela is said in other languages.
- English
- cape hyrax, rock hyrax
These words come before and after Shfan sela in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Shfan sela.
What does Shfan sela (שפן סלע) mean in Hebrew?
Shfan sela (שפן סלע) means cape hyrax and rock hyrax. It is said shfan sela, with the stress on fan.
Is Shfan sela (שפן סלע) masculine or feminine?
The word Shfan sela (שפן סלע) is a masculine noun, and its plural is שְׁפַנֵי סֶלַע.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry שפן סלע of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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