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
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H6689 — צוּף
tsuph · Zuph · Hebrew/Aramaic
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1 Samuel 1:1 · צ֖וּףNow there was a man named Elkanah who was from Ramathaim-zophim in the hill country of Ephraim. He was the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.1 Samuel 9:5 · צ֔וּףWhen they reached the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant, “Come, let us go back, or my father will stop worrying about the donkeys and start worrying about us.”1 Chronicles 6:26 · צוֹפַ֥יElkanah his son, Zophai his son, Nahath his son,1 Chronicles 6:35 · צוּף֙the son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,