Lexical Summary Tsuph: ancestor of Elkanah and Samuel Original Word: צוּףTransliteration: Tsuph Phonetic Spelling: (tsoof) Part of Speech: noun masculine; Adjective, of a people Short Definition: ancestor of Elkanah and Samuel Meaning: Zuph -- ancestor of Elkanah and Samuel Strong's Concordance Zophai, Zuph Or Tsowphay {tso-fah'-ee}; or Tsiyph {tseef}; from tsuwph; honey-comb; Tsuph or Tsophai or Tsiph, the name of an Israelite and of a place in Palestine -- Zophai, Zuph. see HEBREW tsuwph Brown-Driver-Briggs H6689. Tsuph II. צוּף noun masculine Ephraim ancestor of Elkanah and Samuel, ׳בֶּןצֿ 1 Samuel 1:1 (ἐν Νασειβ, ᵐ5L υιὁῦ Σωφ), 1 Chronicles 6:20 Qr ᵑ9 ᵐ5 (Kt ציף); apparently = צוֺפַי v.6:11 (Levite), Σουφ(ει): hence probably צוּף אֶרֶץ 1 Samuel 9:5 (in Benjamin, τὴν(γὴν)Σ(ε)ιφ(α)). צוּפִי adjective, of a people Suphite; — so read probably for צוֺפִים 1 Samuel 1:1 (We Klo Dr and most modern, after ᵐ5 Σ(ε)ιφα, A Σωφιμ). |