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title: אֲפִיחַ — Aphiah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֲפִיחַ (647), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Aphiah. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֲפִיחַ

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«אֲפִיחַ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Aphiah** — 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:** 647 · **BDB:** אֲפִיחַ

### Glosses

of.Aphiah (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Aphiah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/647/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/647/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. an ancestor of Saul 1 S 9:1 (etymology \& meaning dubious).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 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 «אֲפִיחַ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/647/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Samuel 9:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.9.1/)

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וַֽיְהִי־אִ֣ישׁ מִבִּנְיָמִ֗יןוּ֠שְׁמוֹ קִ֣ישׁ בֶּן־אֲבִיאֵ֞ל בֶּן־צְר֧וֹר בֶּן־בְּכוֹרַ֛ת בֶּן־אֲפִ֖יחַ בֶּן־אִ֣ישׁ יְמִינִ֑י גִּבּ֖וֹר חָֽיִל׃

*Word for word:* and he.was a.man from Benjamin and name his \[was\].Kish the.son of.Abiel the.son of.Zeror the.son of.Becorath the.son of.Aphiah a.son of.a.man a.Jaminite a.mighty.\[man\] of.wealth

*JPS 1917:* Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah, the son of a Benjamite, a mighty man of valour.

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