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title: יְפֻנֶּה — Jephunneh · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יְפֻנֶּה (3312), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 16 times: Jephunneh. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יְפֻנֶּה

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«יְפֻנֶּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Jephunneh** — 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:** 16 times · **Key:** 3312 · **BDB:** יְפֻנֶּה²

### Glosses

of.Jephunneh (15); \[were\].Jephunneh (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Jephunneh [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3312/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3312/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (on form cf. LagBN 134);— father of Caleb Nu 13:6; 14:6; Jos 14:6, 13; 1 Ch 4:15 + 10 times, Ιεφοννη. Asherite 1 Ch 7:38, Ιφινα, A Ιεφιηλ, 𝔊L Ιεφοννη.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יְפֻנֶּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3312/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 13:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.13.6/)

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לְמַטֵּ֣ה יְהוּדָ֔ה כָּלֵ֖ב בֶּן־יְפֻנֶּֽה׃

*Word for word:* for the.tribe of.Judah Caleb the.son of.Jephunneh

*JPS 1917:* Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

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[1 Chronicles 7:38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.7.38/)

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וּבְנֵ֖י יֶ֑תֶר יְפֻנֶּ֥ה וּפִסְפָּ֖ה וַאְרָֽא׃

*Word for word:* and the.sons of.Jether \[were\].Jephunneh and Pispah and Ara

*JPS 1917:* And the sons of Jether: Jephunneh, and Pispa, and Ara.

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