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title: צוּף — Zophai · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צוּף (6689), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Zophai. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. ancestor of Elḳanah. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צוּף

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«צוּף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Zophai** — 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:** 6689 · **BDB:** צוּף³

### Glosses

of.Zuph (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Zophai [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6689/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. ancestor of Elḳanah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6689/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. Ephr. ancestor of Elḳanah and Samuel, בֶּן־צ׳ 1 S 1:1 (ἐν Νασειβ, 𝔊L υἱοῦ Σωφ), 1 Ch 6:20 Qr 𝔊 𝔙 (Kt ציף); appar. = צוֹפַי v 11 (Levite), Σουφ(ει): hence prob. אֶרֶץ צוּף 1 S 9:5 (in Benj., τὴν (γὴν) Σ(ε)ιφ(α)).

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צוּף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6689/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 6:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.6.20/)

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בֶּן־צוּף֙ בֶּן־אֶלְקָנָ֔ה בֶּן־מַ֖חַת בֶּן־עֲמָשָֽׂי׃

*Word for word:* the.son of.Zuph the.son of.Elkanah the.son of.Mahath the.son of.Amasai

*JPS 1917:* the son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai;

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[1 Samuel 1:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.1.1/)

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וַיְהִי֩ אִ֨ישׁ אֶחָ֜ד מִן־הָרָמָתַ֛יִם צוֹפִ֖ים מֵהַ֣ר אֶפְרָ֑יִם וּשְׁמ֡וֹ אֶ֠לְקָנָה בֶּן־יְרֹחָ֧ם בֶּן־אֱלִיה֛וּא בֶּן־תֹּ֥חוּ בֶן־צ֖וּף אֶפְרָתִֽי׃

*Word for word:* and he.was a.man one from (the) Ramathaim Zophim from the.hill.country of.Ephraim and name his \[was\].Elkanah the.son of.Jeroham the.son of.Elihu the.son of.Tohu the.son of.Zuph an.Ephrathite

*JPS 1917:* NOW THERE was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim, of the hill-country of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.

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