H6689G
צוּף
Zuph
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.1.1; son of: Elkanah (H0511J); father of: Tohu (H8459); also called Zophai at 1Ch.6.26; § Zuph or Zophai = "honeycomb" 1) a Kohathite Levite, ancestor of Elkanah and Samuel 2) a district northwest of Jerusalem where Saul encountered Samuel
Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry
II. צוּף noun masculine Ephraim ancestor of Elkanah and Samuel, ׳בֶּןצֿ 1Sam 1:1 (ἐν Νασειβ, ᵐ5L υιὁῦ Σωφ), 1Chr 6:20 Qr ᵐ5 ᵑ9 (Kt ציף); apparently = צוֺפַי v.1Chr 6:11 (Levite), Σουφ(ει): hence probably אֶרֶץ צוּף 1Sam 9:5 (in Benjamin, τὴν(γὴν)Σ(ε)ιφ(α)).
צוּפִי adjective, of a people Suphite; — so read probably for צוֺפִים 1Sam 1:1 (We Klo Dr and most modern, after ᵐ5 Σ(ε)ιφα, A Σωφιμ).
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