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ṣūf צוּף ‘Zuph’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from ṣūf צוּף ‘honeycomb’
Roots: צוף

ṣūf pr n m pers + pr n loc
Zuph or Zophai = "honeycomb"
n pr m
1) a Kohathite Levite, ancestor of Elkanah and Samuel
n pr loc
2) a district northwest of Jerusalem where Saul encountered Samuel

Mentioned in 1 Samuel 9:5, 1:1 1 Chronicles 6:11, 6:20

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