שחל
Hebrew
Etymology
Compare Aramaic שַׁחֲלָא (šaħălā).
Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈʃa.χal/
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈʃa.ħal/
- (Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈʃa.ħal/
- (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈʃa.χal/
- (Persian Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈʃæ.hæl/
Noun
שַׁחַל • (shakhal) m [pattern: קֶטֶל]
- (poetic) lion
- Tanach, Hosea 13:7, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- וָאֱהִ֥י לָהֶ֖ם כְּמוֹ־שָׁ֑חַל כְּנָמֵ֖ר עַל־דֶּ֥רֶךְ אָשֽׁוּר׃
- va'ehí lahém k'mó shákhal k'namér al dérekh ashúr
- So I am become like a lion to them, like a leopard I lurk on the way;
Declension
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number: | State: | form | Person: | singular | plural | ||
| m | f | m | f | ||||
| singular | indefinite | שַׁחַל | first | שַׁחָלִי | שַׁחָלֵנוּ | ||
| definite | הַשַּׁחַל | second | שַׁחָלְךָ | שַׁחָלֵךְ | שַׁחַלְכֶם | שַׁחַלְכֶן | |
| construct | שַׁחַל־ | third | שַׁחָלוֹ | שַׁחָלָהּ | שַׁחָלָם | שַׁחָלָן | |
| plural | indefinite | שְׁחָלִים | first | שחליי / שְׁחָלַי | שְׁחָלֵינוּ | ||
| definite | הַשְּׁחָלִים | second | שְׁחָלֶיךָ | שחלייך / שְׁחָלַיִךְ | שַׁחֲלֵיכֶם | שַׁחֲלֵיכֶן | |
| construct | שַׁחֲלֵי־ | third | שְׁחָלָיו | שְׁחָלֶיהָ | שַׁחֲלֵיהֶם | שַׁחֲלֵיהֶן | |