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