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title: חֵפֶר — Hepher · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֵפֶר (2660), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: Hepher. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֵפֶר

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«חֵפֶר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Hepher** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** 2660 · **BDB:** חֵ֫פֶר

### Glosses

of.Hepher (4); Hepher (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Hepher [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2660/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2660/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. a Manassite Nu 26:32, 33; 27:1 Jos 17:2, 3, 𝔊 Οφερ. a man of Judah 1 Ch 4:6; 𝔊 Ηφαλ, 𝔊L Αφερ. one of David’s heroes, according to 1 Ch 11:36 (but on text v. Be VB and Dr 2 S 23:36).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֵפֶר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2660/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 11:36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.11.36/)

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חֵ֚פֶר הַמְּכֵ֣רָתִ֔י אֲחִיָּ֖ה הַפְּלֹנִֽי׃ס

*Word for word:* Hepher the Mekerathite Ahijah the Pelonite

*JPS 1917:* Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite;

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[Numbers 26:32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.26.32/)

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וּשְׁמִידָ֕ע מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת הַשְּׁמִידָעִ֑י וְחֵ֕פֶר מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת הַֽחֶפְרִֽי׃

*Word for word:* and Shemida the.clan of the.Shemidaite\[s\] and Hepher the.clan of the.Hepherite\[s\]

*JPS 1917:* and of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites; and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites.

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