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title: חֵפֶר — Hepher · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֵפֶר (lemma:חֵפֶר), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Hepher. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֵפֶר

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«חֵפֶר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Hepher** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** lemma:חֵפֶר · **BDB:** חֵ֫פֶר²

### Glosses

of.Hepher (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Hepher [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b5_5e4_5b6_5e8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b5_5e4_5b6_5e8/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. Canaanitish town, with a king, named just before Aphek Jos 12:17, exact site unknown. 1 K 4:10 in Judah (ארץ ח׳);—on גִּ֫תָּה ח׳ Jos 19:13, גַּת הַח׳ 2 K 14:25, v. גַּת sub יגן.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֵפֶר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b5_5e4_5b6_5e8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 12:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.12.17/)

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מֶ֤לֶךְ תַּפּ֙וּחַ֙ אֶחָ֔ד מֶ֥לֶךְ חֵ֖פֶר אֶחָֽד׃

*Word for word:* the.king of.Tappuah one the.king of.Hepher one

*JPS 1917:* the king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one;

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[1 Kings 4:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.4.10/)

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בֶּן־חֶ֖סֶד בָּֽאֲרֻבּ֑וֹת ל֥וֹ שֹׂכֹ֖ה וְכָל־אֶ֥רֶץ חֵֽפֶר׃ס

*Word for word:* Ben- Hesed in (the) Arubboth \[belonged\].to him Socoh and all the.land of.Hepher

*JPS 1917:* the son of Hesed, in Arubboth; to him pertained Socoh, and all the land of Hepher;

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