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šifṭān שִׁפְטָן ‘Shiphtan’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from šāfaṭ שָׁפַט ‘to judge’
Roots: שׁפט

šifṭān pr n m pers
Shiphtan = "judicial"
1) an Ephraimite, father of Kemuel, the leader of the tribe selected to divide the promised land between the tribes

Mentioned in Numbers 34:24

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