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title: שִׁפְטָן — Shiphtan · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שִׁפְטָן (8204), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Shiphtan. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שִׁפְטָן

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«שִׁפְטָן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Shiphtan** — 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:** 8204 · **BDB:** שִׁפְטָן

### Glosses

of.Shiphtan (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Shiphtan [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8204/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8204/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (judgment);—prince of Ephraim Nu 34:24; Σαβαθα(ν), 𝔊L Σαφαταν.

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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 «שִׁפְטָן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8204/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 34:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.34.24/)

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וּלְמַטֵּ֥ה בְנֵֽי־אֶפְרַ֖יִם נָשִׂ֑יא קְמוּאֵ֖ל בֶּן־שִׁפְטָֽן׃

*Word for word:* and of the.tribe of.the.descendants of.Ephraim a.leader Kemuel the.son of.Shiphtan

*JPS 1917:* and of the tribe of the children of Ephraim a prince, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan.

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