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title: עֵיפָה — Ephah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֵיפָה (5891), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: Ephah. BDB 1906: n.pr. gent. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֵיפָה

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«עֵיפָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Ephah** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 5891 · **BDB:** עֵיפָה²

### Glosses

Ephah (3); \[were\].Ephah (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Ephah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5891/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr. gent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5891/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr. gent. ‘son’ of Midian Gn 25:4 (J) = 1 Ch 1:33, cf. Is 60:6, 𝔊 Γαφερ, Γεφαρ, Γαιφα(ρ). m. name in Judah 1 Ch 2:47, 𝔊 Γαιφα. f. concubine of Caleb 1 Ch 2:46, 𝔊 Γαιφαηλ, A Γαιφα ἡ, 𝔊 L Γαιφα.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 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 (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֵיפָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5891/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 2:47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.2.47/)

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וּבְנֵ֖י יָהְדָּ֑י רֶ֧גֶם וְיוֹתָ֛ם וְגֵישָׁ֥ן וָפֶ֖לֶט וְעֵיפָ֥ה וָשָֽׁעַף׃

*Word for word:* and the.sons of.Jahdai \[were\].Regem and Jotham and Geshan and Pelet and Ephah and Shaaph

*JPS 1917:* And the sons of Jahdai: Regem, and Jotham, and Geshan, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph.

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[Genesis 25:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.25.4/)

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וּבְנֵ֣י מִדְיָ֗ן עֵיפָ֤ה וָעֵ֙פֶר֙ וַחֲנֹ֔ךְ וַאֲבִידָ֖ע וְאֶלְדָּעָ֑ה כָּל־אֵ֖לֶּה בְּנֵ֥י קְטוּרָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and the.sons of.Midian \[were\].Ephah and Epher and Hanoch and Abida and Eldaah all these \[were\].the.sons of.Keturah

*JPS 1917:* And the sons of Midian: Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.

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