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title: אַכְשָׁף — Achshaph · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אַכְשָׁף (407), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Achshaph. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אַכְשָׁף

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«אַכְשָׁף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Achshaph** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 407 · **BDB:** אַכְשָׁף²

### Glosses

of.Acshaph (2); Acshaph (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Achshaph [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/407/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/407/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. in (Northern) Canaan, with a king, Jos 11:1; 12:20; situated on the border of Asher 19:25, Egyptian ʾA-k-sap WMMAs. u. Eur. 181; 𝔊B Αζειφ, A Ἀχσαφ, 𝔊L (Ἀ)χασαφ, etc.; site dub.; mod. Iksâf or Kesâf, RobBR iii. 55, c. 17 m. E. of Tyre, and nearly 3 m. SW. of the great bend of the Liṭâny, is phonetically suitable, but much too far NE. for Jos 19:25; poss. there were two Akšaphs; cf. Di Jos 11:1 BuhlGeogr.237. Vid. further Krall Tyrus u. Sidon 10, LagOnom. 218. 91, 3; 2d ed. 239.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אַכְשָׁף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/407/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 12:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.12.20/)

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מֶ֣לֶךְ שִׁמְר֤וֹנ מְראוֹן֙ שִׁמְר֤וֹנ מְראוֹן֙ אֶחָ֔ד מֶ֥לֶךְ אַכְשָׁ֖ף אֶחָֽד׃

*Word for word:* the.king of Shimron.Meron one the.king of.Acshaph one

*JPS 1917:* the king of Shimron-meron, one; the king of Achshaph, one;

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[Joshua 19:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.19.25/)

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וַיְהִ֖י גְּבוּלָ֑ם חֶלְקַ֥ת וַחֲלִ֖י וָבֶ֥טֶן וְאַכְשָֽׁף׃

*Word for word:* and it.was border their Helkath and Hali and Beten and Acshaph

*JPS 1917:* And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph;

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