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Zuph meaning ''Hirsch, Emil G. and König, Eduard. "Elkanah", ''Jewish Encyclopedia'', 1906
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/ref> * Land of Zuph (), a district in which lay Samuel's city, Ramathaim-Zophim. It was probably so named after Zuph (). Zuph and the city of Ramathaim-Zophim are mentioned in the Bible together with
Zuph meaning ''honeycomb
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'' in Hebrew
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* According to the Books of Chronicles
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, a Kohathite/ref>
Levite
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, a fact not mentioned in the books of Samuel. He was the ancestor of Elkanah
Elkanah ( he, אֱלְקָנָה ''’Ĕlqānā'' " El has purchased") was, according to the First Book of Samuel, the husband of Hannah, and the father of her children including her first, Samuel. Elkanah practiced polygamy; his other wife, ...
and Samuel ( 1 Samuel 1:1); called also Zophai in the parallel passage, (or in Hebrew Bible). Seligsohn, M., "Zuph", ''Jewish Encyclopedia'', 1906/ref> * Land of Zuph (), a district in which lay Samuel's city, Ramathaim-Zophim. It was probably so named after Zuph (). Zuph and the city of Ramathaim-Zophim are mentioned in the Bible together with
Mount Ephraim
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, suggesting that they shared a similar locality.
References
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