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title: זִיף — Ziph · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זִיף (2128), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 9 times: Ziph. BDB 1906: n.pr. n.pr.loc. n.pr.m. n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זִיף

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«זִיף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Ziph** — 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:** 9 times · **Key:** 2128 · **BDB:** זִיף

### Glosses

of.Ziph (5); Ziph (3); to (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Ziph [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2128/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr. n.pr.loc. n.pr.m. n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2128/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr. n.pr.loc. city S.E. from Hebron, Jos 15:55 1 Ch 2:42 2 Ch 11:8, mod. Tell Zîf; RobBR i. 492, 498 Guérin Judée iii. 159 ff.: מִדְבַּר־ז׳ 1 S 23:14, 15; 26:2(×2); c. ה loc., זִ֫יפָה 1 S 23:24. city of southern Judah Jos 15:24, site unknown. n.pr.m. a son of יְהַלֶּלְאֵל of Judah 1 Ch 4:16, whether related to n.pr.loc. supr. does not appear. 𝔊 Ζαφα, Ζιφ(αι). (1 Ch 2:42 v. supr.)

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 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 «זִיף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2128/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 15:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.15.24/)

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זִ֥יף וָטֶ֖לֶם וּבְעָלֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* Ziph and Telem and Bealoth

*JPS 1917:* Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth;

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[Joshua 15:55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.15.55/)

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מָע֥וֹן ׀ כַּרְמֶ֖ל וָזִ֥יף וְיוּטָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* Maon Carmel and Ziph and Juttah

*JPS 1917:* Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah;

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