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title: אֱלִיצָפָן — Elizaphan · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֱלִיצָפָן (469), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: Elizaphan. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֱלִיצָפָן

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«אֱלִיצָפָן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Elizaphan** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 469 · **BDB:** אֱלִיצָפָן

### Glosses

of.Elizaphan (2); Elizaphan (1); \[was\].Elizaphan (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Elizaphan [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/469/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/469/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (God has protected, cf. Ph. צפנבעל) chief of the Kohathites Nu 3:30 1 Ch 15:8 2 Ch 29:13; = אֶלְצָפָן Ex 6:22 Lv 10:4. chief of Zebulun Nu 34:25.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 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, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֱלִיצָפָן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/469/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 34:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.34.25/)

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וּלְמַטֵּ֥ה בְנֵֽי־זְבוּלֻ֖ן נָשִׂ֑יא אֱלִיצָפָ֖ן בֶּן־פַּרְנָֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* and of the.tribe of.the.descendants of.Zebulun a.leader Elizaphan the.son of.Parnach

*JPS 1917:* And of the tribe of the children of Zebulun a prince, Eli-zaphan the son of Parnach.

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[1 Chronicles 15:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.15.8/)

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לִבְנֵ֖י אֱלִֽיצָפָ֑ן שְׁמַֽעְיָ֥ה הַשָּׂ֖ר וְאֶחָ֥יו מָאתָֽיִם׃ס

*Word for word:* of the.descendants of.Elizaphan Shemaiah the leader and relatives his two.hundred

*JPS 1917:* of the sons of Elizaphan: Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred;

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