šāfān שָׁפָן ‘Arock badger, BShaphan’ (Hebrew)
Etymology?:
from śāfan שָׂפַן ‘to treasure’
Roots:
שׂפן
Variants: שָׁפָן, שָׁפָן
šāfān An, m Bpr n m pers
A1) rock badger, coney, the hyrax
BShaphan = "coney"
n pr m
1) secretary or scribe of king Josiah of Judah
2) father of Ahikam in the time of king Josiah of Judah
2a) improbably the same as 2
3) father of Elasah in the time of the prophet Jeremiah
3a) perhaps the same as 3
4) a scribe and father of Gemariah
4a) perhaps the same as 2
5) father of Jaazaniah in the time of Ezekiel
5a) perhaps the same as 2