Lexical Definition

‎צוּף‎ Tsûwph (tsoof) Zuph ^N:N-M-P
or צוֹפַי Tsôwphay (tso-fah'-ee); or צִיף Tsîyph (tseef); from ‎צוּף‎; honey-comb

Zophai, Zuph.

• § Zuph or Zophai = "honeycomb"
• Tsuph or Tsophai or Tsiph, the name of an Israelite and of a place in Palestine

n pr m
1) a Kohathite Levite, ancestor of Elkanah and Samuel
n pr loc
2) a district northwest of Jerusalem where Saul encountered Samuel

Brown-Driver-Briggs

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).

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