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title: חׇפְנִי — Hophni · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חׇפְנִי (2652), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: Hophni. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חׇפְנִי

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«חׇפְנִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Hophni** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 2652 · **BDB:** חָפְנִי

### Glosses

Hophni (5)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Hophni [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2652/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2652/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (Sab. n.pr. חפן Hal No. 14)—one of Eli’s two sons 1 S 1:3; 2:34; 4:4, 11, 17.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 5 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 «חׇפְנִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2652/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Samuel 4:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.4.11/)

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וַאֲר֥וֹן אֱלֹהִ֖ים נִלְקָ֑ח וּשְׁנֵ֤י בְנֵֽי־עֵלִי֙ מֵ֔תוּ חָפְנִ֖י וּפִֽינְחָֽס׃

*Word for word:* and the.ark of.God it.was.taken and the.two the.sons of.Eli they.died Hophni and Phinehas

*JPS 1917:* And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.

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[1 Samuel 2:34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.2.34/)

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וְזֶה־לְּךָ֣ הָא֗וֹת אֲשֶׁ֤ר יָבֹא֙ אֶל־שְׁנֵ֣י בָנֶ֔יךָ אֶל־חָפְנִ֖י וּפִֽינְחָ֑ס בְּי֥וֹם אֶחָ֖ד יָמ֥וּתוּ שְׁנֵיהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* and this for you \[will be\].the.sign which it.will.come to the.two sons your to Hophni and Phinehas on a.day one they.will.die both of.them

*JPS 1917:* And this shall be the sign unto thee, that which shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas: in one day they shall die both of them.

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