צְפַנְיָהוּ

Biblical Hebrew

Zephaniah — used 2 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

Zephaniah tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

צְפַנְיָה(וּ): n.pr.m. tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.pr.m. Σοφονιας (י׳ hath treasured; OHeb. צפניהו, Ph. צפנבעל);— priest, -יָה Je 21:1; 22:25, 29; 52:24 = -יָהוּ 2 K 25:18 (𝔊L Σαφανιας), Je 37:3. Elsewhere -יָה: the prophet Zp 1:1. a Judæan Zc 6:10–14. ancestor of Heman 1 Ch 6:21 (Σαφανιας; = אוּרִיאֵל v 9).

Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: Zephaniah (2).

In the verses

2 Kings 25:18 · tree →

וַיִּקַּ֣ח רַב־טַבָּחִ֗ים אֶת־שְׂרָיָה֙ כֹּהֵ֣ן הָרֹ֔אשׁ וְאֶת־צְפַנְיָ֖הוּ כֹּהֵ֣ן מִשְׁנֶ֑ה וְאֶת־שְׁלֹ֖שֶׁת שֹׁמְרֵ֥י הַסַּֽף׃

Word for word: and he.took [the].chief of.[the].bodyguards (et) Seraiah the.priest of the.head and (et) Zephaniah a.priest of.second.rank and (et) the.three the.keepers of the.threshold

JPS 1917: And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door;

Jeremiah 37:3 · tree →

וַיִּשְׁלַח֩ הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ צִדְקִיָּ֜הוּ אֶת־יְהוּכַ֣ל בֶּן־שֶֽׁלֶמְיָ֗ה וְאֶת־צְפַנְיָ֤הוּ בֶן־מַֽעֲשֵׂיָה֙ הַכֹּהֵ֔ן אֶל־יִרְמְיָ֥הוּ הַנָּבִ֖יא לֵאמֹ֑ר הִתְפַּלֶּל־נָ֣א בַעֲדֵ֔נוּ אֶל־יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃

Word for word: and he.sent the king Zedekiah (et) Jehucal the.son of.Shelemiah and (et) Zephaniah the.son of.Maaseiah the priest to Jeremiah the prophet (cmp) pray please for us to Yahweh God our

JPS 1917: And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, to the prophet Jeremiah, saying: 'Pray now unto the LORD our God for us.'

On Mova

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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