שְׁפַתַּ֫יִם

# H8240B: שְׁפַתַּיִם (hook) The Hebrew word *shaphat* refers to a hook, appearing only once in the biblical text. This single occurrence severely limits our ability to determine its full semantic range or establish patterns of usage. The rarity of this term suggests it may refer to a specialized object or represent a hapax legomenon—a word appearing only one time in a text. The noun's singular appearance means scholars must rely on the context of that one usage, its morphological structure, and any related linguistic connections to understand its precise meaning and function. Without multiple biblical examples or clear contextual markers, the exact nature of this hook—whether it was used for fishing, hanging, construction, or ritual purposes—cannot be definitively established from the lexical data alone.