Lexicon
שׇׁפְכָה
shoph.khah
H8212
H:N-F Hebrew

penis

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shoph.khah denotes the male sexual organ in the sole attested legal clause.

The sole attestation uses the noun for the male sexual organ within the legal context reflected by Deuteronomy 23:2.

Senses in use

  1. Male sexual organ in a legal context · dominant

    In Deuteronomy 23:2, the feminine singular absolute noun occurs in the clause whose APB rendering states, “No bastard shall enter the assembly of the LORD.” The translation presents the verse's exclusion ruling, but it does not make the noun's individual English rendering explicit.

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Deuteronomy 23:2, the APB renders the verse as an exclusion from “the assembly of the LORD,” and does not isolate this noun with a distinct English term.

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