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title: עֵיפַי — Ephai (from margin) · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֵיפַי (5778), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Ephai (from margin). BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֵיפַי

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«עֵיפַי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Ephai (from margin)** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 5778 · **BDB:** עוֹפַי

### Glosses

of.Ephai (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Ephai (from margin) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5778/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5778/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** Kt, עֵיפַי Qr n.pr.m. a Neṭophathite, Je 40:8, 𝔊 Ιωφε, Ωφε, Ωφετ.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֵיפַי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5778/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 40:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.40.8/)

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וַיָּבֹ֥אוּ אֶל־גְּדַלְיָ֖ה הַמִּצְפָּ֑תָה וְיִשְׁמָעֵ֣אל בֶּן־נְתַנְיָ֡הוּ וְיוֹחָנָ֣ן וְיוֹנָתָ֣ן בְּנֵֽי־קָ֠רֵחַ וּשְׂרָיָ֨ה בֶן־תַּנְחֻ֜מֶת וּבְנֵ֣י ׀ עֵיפַ֣י הַנְּטֹפָתִ֗י וִֽיזַנְיָ֙הוּ֙ בֶּן־הַמַּ֣עֲכָתִ֔י הֵ֖מָּה וְאַנְשֵׁיהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* and they.came to Gedaliah to (the) Mizpah and Ishmael the.son Nethaniah and Johanan and Jonathan the.sons of.Kareah and Seraiah the.son of.Tanhumeth and the.sons of.Ephai the Netophathite and Jezaniah the.son of the.Maacathite they and men their

*JPS 1917:* then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the son of the Maacathite, they and their men.

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