צוּף

II. צוּף noun masculine Ephraim ancestor of Elkanah and Samuel, ׳בֶּןצֿ 1Sam 1:1 (ἐν Νασειβ, ᵐ5^L 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).