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title: אוּפָז — Uphaz · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אוּפָז (210), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Uphaz. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אוּפָז

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«אוּפָז» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Uphaz** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 210 · **BDB:** אוּפָז

### Glosses

Uphaz (1); of.Uphaz (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Uphaz [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/210/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/210/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** (n.pr.loc. unknown \& dub.) whence came gold, זָהָב מֵא׳ Je 10:9; כֶּֽתֶם א׳ Dn 10:5; so Thes 1 K 10:18 זָהָב מוּפָז (מוּפָז = מֵא׳); but 𝔊 δόκιμος, \& 2 Ch 9:17 טָהוֹר, whence MV Klo make מוּפָז Hoph. Pt. from פזז q.v. Klo reads אוֹפִיר (q.v.) for אוּפָז Je 10:9; Dn 10:5, in view of כֶּתֶם אוֹפִיר Is 13:12. crpt., v. SiegfThLZ, Nov. 7, 1883, 530; he expl. מֵא׳ Je 10:9 as error for מוּפָז 1 K 10:18, and א׳ Dn 10:5 as borrowed from Je 10:9; in Je 10:9 Gie reads מֵאוֹפִיר, Du either this or מוּפָז (v. פזז); read מֵאוֹפִיר perhaps also Dn 10:5 (Dr).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אוּפָז» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/210/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 10:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.10.5/)

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וָאֶשָּׂ֤א אֶת־עֵינַי֙ וָאֵ֔רֶא וְהִנֵּ֥ה אִישׁ־אֶחָ֖ד לָב֣וּשׁ בַּדִּ֑ים וּמָתְנָ֥יו חֲגֻרִ֖ים בְּכֶ֥תֶם אוּפָֽז׃

*Word for word:* and I.lifted.up (et) eyes my and I.saw and there! a.man one clothed linen(s) and loins his \[were\].girded with.(the) gold of.Uphaz

*JPS 1917:* I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz;

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[Jeremiah 10:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.10.9/)

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כֶּ֣סֶף מְרֻקָּ֞ע מִתַּרְשִׁ֣ישׁ יוּבָ֗א וְזָהָב֙ מֵֽאוּפָ֔ז מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה חָרָ֖שׁ וִידֵ֣י צוֹרֵ֑ף תְּכֵ֤לֶת וְאַרְגָּמָן֙ לְבוּשָׁ֔ם מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה חֲכָמִ֖ים כֻּלָּֽם׃

*Word for word:* silver beaten from Tarshish it.is.brought and gold from Uphaz \[the\].work of.a.craftsman and.\[the\] hands of.a.metalsmith \[is\].violet.stuff and purple clothing their \[are.the\].work of.skillful.\[people\] of.them all

*JPS 1917:* Silver beaten into plates which is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the craftsman and of the hands of the goldsmith; blue and purple is their clothing; they are all the work of skilful men.

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