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# אֶלְצָפָן

Biblical Hebrew

**Elizaphan** — used 2 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

Elizaphan [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b6_5dc_5b0_5e6_5b8_5e4_5b8_5df/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

אֱלִיצָפָן: n.pr.m. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b6_5dc_5b0_5e6_5b8_5e4_5b8_5df/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (God has protected, cf. Ph. צפנבעל) chief of the Kohathites Nu 3:30 1 Ch 15:8 2 Ch 29:13; = אֶלְצָפָן Ex 6:22 Lv 10:4. chief of Zebulun Nu 34:25.

Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (2 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: Elzaphan (2).

## In the verses

[Exodus 6:22](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.6.22/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.6.22/#tree)

וּבְנֵ֖י עֻזִּיאֵ֑ל מִֽישָׁאֵ֥ל וְאֶלְצָפָ֖ן וְסִתְרִֽי׃

*Word for word:* and the.sons of.Uzziel \[were\].Mishael and Elzaphan and Sithri

*JPS 1917:* And the sons of Uzziel: Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Sithri.

[Leviticus 10:4](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.10.4/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.10.4/#tree)

וַיִּקְרָ֣א מֹשֶׁ֗ה אֶל־מִֽישָׁאֵל֙ וְאֶ֣ל אֶלְצָפָ֔ן בְּנֵ֥י עֻזִּיאֵ֖ל דֹּ֣ד אַהֲרֹ֑ן וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲלֵהֶ֗ם קִ֠רְב֞וּ שְׂא֤וּ אֶת־אֲחֵיכֶם֙ מֵאֵ֣ת פְּנֵי־הַקֹּ֔דֶשׁ אֶל־מִח֖וּץ לַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.summoned Moses (to) Mishael and (to) Elzaphan the.sons of.Uzziel the.uncle of.Aaron and he.said to them draw.near carry (et) relatives your from with the.face of the.holy.place to from.\[the\] outside of the camp

*JPS 1917:* And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said unto them: 'Draw near, carry your brethren from before the sanctuary out of the camp.'

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b6_5dc_5b0_5e6_5b8_5e4_5b8_5df/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).