--- title: אוֹפִיר — Ophir · The Tanakh dictionary description: אוֹפִיר (211), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Ophir. BDB 1906: n.pr. Ophir n.pr.m. n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/211.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [א](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1488-2.md)‎ / אוֹפִיר‎ # אוֹפִיר «אוֹפִיר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Ophir** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 211 · **BDB:** אוֹפִיר ### Glosses Ophir (2) ### Meaning (OSHB) Ophir [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/211/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) n.pr. Ophir n.pr.m. n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/211/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** n.pr. Ophir—א׳ 1 K 10:11 +; אוֹפִ֫ירָה 9:28 + אוֹפִר †Gn 10:29; אֹפִיר †1 K 10:11— n.pr.m. 11th son of Joktan Gn 10:29 (J) = 1 Ch 1:23; 𝔊 Οὐφειρ, Ὠφειρ, name of an Arabian tribe, vid. Gn 10:30 \& Di. n.pr.loc. (land or city S. or SE. from Palestine, exact position unknown, cf. infr.; 𝔊 Σωφηρα, Σωφειρα, Σουφειρ, etc.; Jb 28:16 Ὠφειρ AC, cf. 1 K 22:49 A Ὠφειρδε, B om.) place whither Sol.’s ships went from Ezion Geber, bringing thence gold 1 K 9:28—cf. 22:49—2 Ch 8:18; gold, almug-(sandal-?) wood \& gems 1 K 10:11(×2), cf. 2 Ch 9:10; prob. 1 K 10:22 ref. to same ships; they came once in 3 years with gold, silver, ivory, apes \& peacocks (all from Ophir?); 2 Ch 9:21 makes these ships go to Tarshish (but on Tarshish-ships, i.e. large, sea-going vessels, merchantmen, v. 1 K 22:49 \& sub תַּרְשִׁישׁ). characteristic of fine gold (poet. \& late) זְהַב א׳ 1 Ch 29:4; כֶּחֶם א׳ Is 13:12; Jb 28:16 ψ 45:10. hence for fine gold itself Jb 22:24 (‖ בֶּצֶר).—(If 2 = 1, the southern, prob. south-eastern, Arabia (cf. Di Gn 10:29) furnished the gold; and other articles, which point farther E. (e.g. to India, toward which the words קוֹפִים apes \& תֻּכִּיִּים peacockes seem to lead), were either brought to Ophir by traders, \& so found there by Sol.’s men, or were found elsewhere by the latter, whose cruise may have taken them beyond Ophir, the name of Ophir alone, as source of gold-supply, being preserved. If (less likely) 1 \& 2 are not the same, the only data for determining loc. of 2 are the articles brought, \& one may look toward India, Ceylon or other islands, or even lower Africa. Particular theories have as yet no adequate support; e.g. (a) old city Supara, or Uppara, in the region of Goa, Malabar coast (cf. 𝔊 supr. 2, but also 1; form with Σ said on Copt. authority to denote India, v. JablonskiiOpusc. ed. te Water i. 337; cf. also JosAnt. 8:6, 4; in that case its use by 𝔊 may indicate a theory of the location of Ophir); (b) peninsula Malacca; (c) island Sumatra; (d) Sofâla, with city Zimbabye (SE. Africa); (e) west coast of Arabia (where gold \& silver formerly found), etc. On these \& other theories, v. Di Gn 10:29 RiHWB, Herzog, SmithDict. Bib.; cf. GlaserSkizze ii. 367 ff. WMMAs. u. Eur. 111 identifies with Egypt. Pvnt, on W. coast of Red Sea). Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «אוֹפִיר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/211/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Genesis 10:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.10.29/) וְאֶת־אוֹפִ֥ר וְאֶת־חֲוִילָ֖ה וְאֶת־יוֹבָ֑ב כָּל־אֵ֖לֶּה בְּנֵ֥י יָקְטָֽן׃ *Word for word:* and (et) Ophir and (et) Havilah and (et) Jobab all these \[were\].the.sons of.Joktan *JPS 1917:* and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan. [1 Chronicles 1:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.1.23/) וְאֶת־אוֹפִ֥יר וְאֶת־חֲוִילָ֖ה וְאֶת־יוֹבָ֑ב כָּל־אֵ֖לֶּה בְּנֵ֥י יָקְטָֽן׃ס *Word for word:* and (et) Ophir and (et) Havilah and (et) Jobab all these \[were\].the.sons of.Joktan *JPS 1917:* and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan. - ← previous: [אוּפָז](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/210.md) - next →: [אוֹפִיר](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/lemma_3a_5d0_5d5_5b9_5e4_5b4_5d9_5e8.md) - ↑ back to [א](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1488-2.md)