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ḥēfer חֵ֫פֶר ‘Hepher’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from ḥāfar חָפַר ‘to search’ or ḥāfēr חָפֵר ‘be ashamed’
Roots: חפר חפר
Variants: חֵ֫פֶר, חֵ֫פֶר

ḥēfer Apr n m pers Bpr n loc
AHepher = "a well"
n pr m
1) youngest son of Gilead and head of the family of Hepherites
2) son of Asher, the father of Tekoa
3) the Mecherathite, one of David's mighty warriors
BHepher = "a well"
n pr loc
1) a place in ancient Canaan, west of the Jordan, conquered by Joshua site unknown
2) a place in Judah, probably the same as 1 above

Mentioned in Numbers 27:1, 26:33, 26:32 Joshua 17:2, 12:17, 17:3 1 Kings 4:10 1 Chronicles 4:6, 11:36

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