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title: צֹפַר — Zophar · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צֹפַר (6691), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: Zophar. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צֹפַר

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«צֹפַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Zophar** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 6691 · **BDB:** צֹפַר

### Glosses

Zophar (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Zophar [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6691/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6691/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** and (Jb 2:11) צוֹפַר n.pr.m. Job’s third friend, צ׳ הַנַּעֲמָתִי Jb 2:11; 11:1; 20:1; 42:9; Σωφαρ.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צֹפַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6691/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 11:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.11.1/)

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וַ֭יַּעַן צֹפַ֥ר הַֽנַּעֲמָתִ֗י וַיֹּאמַֽר׃

*Word for word:* and he.answered Zophar the Naamathite and he.said

*JPS 1917:* Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said:

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[Job 20:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.20.1/)

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וַ֭יַּעַן צֹפַ֥ר הַנַּֽעֲמָתִ֗י וַיֹּאמַֽר׃

*Word for word:* and he.answered Zophar the Naamathite and he.said

*JPS 1917:* Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said:

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