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ʾăfīaḥ אֲפִיחַ ‘Aphiah’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: perhaps from pūaḥ פּוּחַ ‘to breathe’
Roots: פוח

ʾăfīaḥ pr n m pers
Aphiah = "I will make to breathe"
1) an ancestor of Saul

Mentioned in 1 Samuel 9:1

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