Shfifon (שפיפון) means Pseudocerastes in Hebrew.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
שְפִיפוֹן
shfifon
noun · masculine
In English
Pseudocerastes
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Shfifon.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1סוג של נחש ארסי ממשפחת הצפעוניים. צבע גופו חום-צהבהב. ראשו משולש ושטוח ומעל כל אחת מעיניו בליטה בצורת קרן. בית גידולו הוא במיוחד אזור חולי, ובארץ ישראל מצוי בנגב. ניזון בעיקר ממכרסמים. Pseudocerastes
יְהִי דָן נָחָשׁ עֲלֵי דֶרֶךְ, שְׁפִיפֹן עֲלֵי אֹרַח, הַנֹּשֵׁךְ עִקְּבֵי-סוּס, וַיִּפֹּל רֹכְבוֹ אָחוֹר
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Shfifon is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- שְפִיפוֹן
- Written without vowel points
- שפיפון
- Said
- shfifon
- Root
- ש־פ־פ
- Pattern
- קְטִילוֹן
- Plural
- שְפִיפוֹנִים
- Inflections
- ר' שְפִיפוֹנִים; שְפִיפוֹן־, ר' שְפִיפוֹנֵי־
- Gematria
- 526
This is how Shfifon is said in other languages.
- English
- Pseudocerastes
- French
- pseudocerastes
- Spanish
- pseudocerastes
These words rhyme with Shfifon.
These words come before and after Shfifon in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Shfifon.
What does Shfifon (שפיפון) mean in Hebrew?
Shfifon (שפיפון) means Pseudocerastes. It is said shfifon, with the stress on fon.
What rhymes with Shfifon (שפיפון)?
Words that rhyme with Shfifon (שפיפון) include מזון, רצון, צפון, לשון, חלבון, and זיכרון.
Is Shfifon (שפיפון) masculine or feminine?
The word Shfifon (שפיפון) is a masculine noun, and its plural is שְפִיפוֹנִים.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry שפיפון of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.