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title: שָׁפָן — Shaphan · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׁפָן (lemma:שָׁפָן), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 30 times: Shaphan. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׁפָן

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«שָׁפָן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Shaphan** — 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:** 30 times · **Key:** lemma:שָׁפָן · **BDB:** שָׁפָן²

### Glosses

Shaphan (15); of.Shaphan (15)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Shaphan [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b8_5c1_5e4_5b8_5df/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b8_5c1_5e4_5b8_5df/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. Σαφ(φ)αν: secretary (הַסֹּפֵר) under Josiah 2 K 22:3, 8(×2), 9, 10(×2), 12, 14; 2 Ch 34:8, 15(×2), 16, 18(×2), 20. father of אֲחִיקָם, contemp. of 1 (improb. = 1): 2 K 22:12; 25:22; Je 26:24; 39:14; 40:5, 9, 11; 41:2; 43:6; 2 Ch 34:20. father of אֶלְעָשָׂה Je 29:3, perhaps = 2. father of גְּמַרְיָ֫הוּ 36:10 (called הַסֹּפֵר), v 11, 12, perhaps = 1. father of יַאֲזַנְיָ֫הוּ Ez 8:11, possibly = 1.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 22 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׁפָן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b8_5c1_5e4_5b8_5df/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 36:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.36.11/)

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וַ֠יִּשְׁמַ֗ע מִכָ֨יְהוּ בֶן־גְּמַרְיָ֧הוּ בֶן־שָׁפָ֛ן אֶת־כָּל־דִּבְרֵ֥י יְהוָ֖ה מֵעַ֥ל הַסֵּֽפֶר׃

*Word for word:* and he.heard Micaiah the.son of.Gemariah the.son of.Shaphan (et) all the.words of.Yahweh from on the scroll

*JPS 1917:* And when Micaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard out of the book all the words of the LORD,

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[Jeremiah 26:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.26.24/)

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אַ֗ךְ יַ֚ד אֲחִיקָ֣ם בֶּן־שָׁפָ֔ן הָיְתָ֖ה אֶֽת־יִרְמְיָ֑הוּ לְבִלְתִּ֛י תֵּת־אֹת֥וֹ בְיַד־הָעָ֖ם לַהֲמִיתֽוֹ׃פ

*Word for word:* nevertheless the.hand of.Ahikam the.son of.Shaphan it.was with Jeremiah to not to.give him in the.hand of the.people to put him.to.death

*JPS 1917:* Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, that they should not give him into the hand of the people to put him to death.

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