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1 Chronicles 11:36
“Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
חֵפֶרChêpher · khay'-fer
H2660 · Hebrew
H2660 · Hebrew
- Definition
- Chepher, a place in Palestine; also the name of three Israelites
- Derivation
- from H2658 (חָפַר) or H2659 (חָפֵר); a pit of shame;
- KJV renderings
- Hepher.
- Grammar
- חֵ֚פֶר — proper noun
- Usage
- Occurs 9 times in the Hebrew Bible.Numbers 26:32Numbers 26:33Numbers 27:1Joshua 12:17Joshua 17:2
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read חֵפֶר here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.