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title: נָפִישׁ — Naphish · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נָפִישׁ (5305), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Naphish. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נָפִישׁ

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«נָפִישׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Naphish** — 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:** 5305 · **BDB:** נָפִישׁ

### Glosses

Naphish (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Naphish [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5305/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5305/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. son of Ishmael, according to Gn 25:15 (P), = 1 Ch 1:31 (𝔊 Ναφες, 𝔊L Ναφεις); = (Arab) tribe 5:19 (𝔊 Ναφεισαδαιων, A 𝔊L Ναφισαιων).

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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 (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נָפִישׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5305/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 25:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.25.15/)

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חֲדַ֣ד וְתֵימָ֔א יְט֥וּר נָפִ֖ישׁ וָקֵֽדְמָה׃

*Word for word:* Hadad and Tema Jetur Naphish and Kedemah

*JPS 1917:* Hadad, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedem;

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[1 Chronicles 1:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.1.31/)

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יְט֥וּר נָפִ֖ישׁ וָקֵ֑דְמָה אֵ֥לֶּה הֵ֖ם בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׁמָעֵֽאל׃ס

*Word for word:* Jetur Naphish and Kedemah these they \[were\].the.sons of.Ishmael

*JPS 1917:* Jetur, Naphish, and Kedem. These are the sons of Ishmael.

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