Hebrew word · H6690

צוֹפַח

tzofach

Zophah

Appears 2 times in 2 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

A man of the tribe of Asher living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.7.35;

son of: Hotham (H2369);

brother of: Imna (H3234), Shelesh (H8028) and Amal (H6000);

father of: Suah (H5477), Harnepher (H2774), Shual (H7777B), Beri (H1275), Imrah (H3236), Bezer (H1221H), Hod (H1936), Shamma (H8037H), Shilshah (H8030), Ithran (H3506H) and Beera (H0878)

§ Zophah = "a cruse"

an Asherite, son of Helem and father of Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, and Imrah

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

1 Chronicles · 2

  1. 1 Chronicles 7:35 צוֹפַ֥ח Zophah

    The sons of his brother Helem: Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal.

  2. 1 Chronicles 7:36 צוֹפָ֑ח Zophah

    The sons of Zophah: Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah,

    Here: The head of this branch. Verse 35 names him as a son of Helem, brother of Shomer, within the line of Asher. What the name means is uncertain. Some connect it with a Hebrew word for a jar or flask.

Word data: STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0), main text only.