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title: חָפְרַע — Pharaoh-hophra · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָפְרַע (lemma:חָפְרַע), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Pharaoh-hophra. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. Apries. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָפְרַע

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«חָפְרַע» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Pharaoh-hophra** — 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:** lemma:חָפְרַע · **BDB:** חָפְרַע

### Glosses

Hophra (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Pharaoh-hophra [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b8_5e4_5b0_5e8_5b7_5e2/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. Apries [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b8_5e4_5b0_5e8_5b7_5e2/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. Apries, reigned in Egypt alone, b.c. 589–570 and with Amasis 570–564; named as פַּרְעֹה ח׳ מֶלֶךְ־מִצְרַיִם Je 44:30 Pharaoh Hophraʿ king of Egypt (v. פַּרְעֹה); 4th king of 26th dynasty; 𝔊 Οὐαφρη; Manetho Οὔαφρις; Egyptian Monum. Uaḥ-ȧbra, WiedemannÄgypt. Gesch. 602, 636 ff.; Gesch. Ägypt. 163 ff.; Gk. Ἀπρίης Herodot. ii. 161 etc. (v. Wied Herodot’s 2tes Buch, 569), Diodori. 68; Ἀπρίας Ctesias (Athen. 13:560).

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חָפְרַע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b8_5e4_5b0_5e8_5b7_5e2/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 44:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.44.30/)

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כֹּ֣ה ׀ אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה הִנְנִ֣י נֹ֠תֵן אֶת־פַּרְעֹ֨ה חָפְרַ֤ע מֶֽלֶךְ־מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ בְּיַ֣ד אֹֽיְבָ֔יו וּבְיַ֖ד מְבַקְשֵׁ֣י נַפְשׁ֑וֹ כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר נָתַ֜תִּי אֶת־צִדְקִיָּ֣הוּ מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָ֗ה בְּיַ֨ד נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֧ר מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֛ל אֹיְב֖וֹ וּמְבַקֵּ֥שׁ נַפְשֽׁוֹ׃ס

*Word for word:* thus he.says Yahweh here I \[am\].about.to.give (et) Pharaoh Hophra the.king of.Egypt in the.hand his.enemies his and in the.hand of.\[those.who\].seek life (of).his just as I.gave (et) Zedekiah the.king of.Judah in the.hand of.Nebuchadnezzar the.king of.Babylon enemy his and \[one.who\].sought life his

*JPS 1917:* thus saith the LORD: Behold, I will give Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life; as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, his enemy, and that sought his life.'

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