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zīf זִיף ‘Ziph’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from the same as zefet זֶ֫פֶת ‘pitch’
Roots: זפת

zīf pr n m pers + pr n loc
Ziph = "battlement"
n pr m
1) a son of Jehaleleel, a descendant of Judah, and brother of Ziphah
n pr loc
2) a city in southern Judah, between Ithnan and Telem; site unknown
3) a city of Judah, southeast of Hebron, between Carmel and Juttah in the highland district

Mentioned in Joshua 15:24, 15:55 1 Samuel 23:24, 26:2, 23:14, 23:15 1 Chronicles 2:42, 4:16 2 Chronicles 11:8

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