Lexical Definition

‎צָפוֹן‎ Tsâphôwn (tsaw-fone') Zaphon ^N:N--L
the same as ‎צָפוֹן‎; boreal

Zaphon.

• § Zaphon = "north"
• Tsaphon, a place in Palestine

1) a city in Gad east of the Sea of Galilee on the east bank of the Jordan

Extended Information

name of: צָפוֹן

• Zaphon = "north"
• Another name of tsa.phon (‎צ‎ָ‎פו‎ֹ‎ן‎ "Zaphon" צָפוֹן)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. ‎צָפוֺן‎ proper name, of a location on east bank of Jordan, in tribe of Gad, ‎׳‎‎צ‎ Josh 13:27 (Σαφαν[ων]), ‎צָפ֫וֺנָה‎ Judg 12:1 (βοῤρἇν, ᵐ5^L Σεφηνα); according to Talmud = modern Amateh, north of Jabbok, GFM Buhl^{Geogr. 259} (who doubts); ‚apuna appears Tel Amarna Wkl^{No. 174}.

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