H0469 H0469
Elizaphan — proper name meaning 'God has protected,' borne by a Kohathite chief and a Zebulunite leader.
Elizaphan (also spelled Elzaphan) is a masculine proper name compounded from 'El' (God) and 'tsaphan' (to hide, protect), meaning 'God has protected.' The name belongs to at least two biblical figures: a Kohathite Levite chief appointed in the wilderness period (Num 3:30), who later features in the temple music arrangements under David (1 Chr 15:8) and Hezekiah's reforms (2 Chr 29:13); and a tribal leader from Zebulun tasked with apportioning the land of Canaan (Num 34:25). The alternate form Elzaphan appears in Exodus 6:22 and Leviticus 10:4, where Elizaphan and his brother Mishael carry the bodies of Nadab and Abihu from the tabernacle.
Senses
1. Elizaphan (proper name) — A theophoric proper name meaning 'God has protected' (from אֵל + צָפַן), designating at least two individuals: (a) the chief of the Kohathite clan of Levites, appearing in the wilderness census (Num 3:30), in David's organization of temple musicians (1 Chr 15:8), and in Hezekiah's temple purification (2 Chr 29:13); also spelled Elzaphan in Exodus 6:22 and Leviticus 10:4; (b) a prince of the tribe of Zebulun appointed to help divide the promised land (Num 34:25). Multilingual renderings consistently transliterate the name, confirming a single lexical identity across both spelling variants. 6×
AR["أَلِيصَافَانَ", "أَلِيصَافَانُ", "أَلْصَافَانَ", "وَأَلْصَافَانُ"]·ben["ইলিসাফন", "ইলীসাফন", "ইলীসাফনের", "এল্সাফানের", "ও-ইলসাফান", "বংশধরদের"]·DE["Elizaphan", "Elzaphan", "[אליצפן]", "und-Elzaphan"]·EN["Elitsafan", "Elitsaphan", "Elizaphan", "Elzaphan", "and-Elzaphan"]·FR["Elizaphan", "Elzaphan", "[אליצפן]", "et-Elzaphan"]·heb["אליצפן", "אלצפן", "ו-אלצפן"]·HI["एलसापान", "एलितसफन-के", "एलीसापान", "और-एलसापान"]·ID["Elizafan", "Elsafan", "dan-Elzafan"]·IT["Elizaphan", "Elzaphan", "[אליצפן]", "e-Elzaphan"]·jav["Elizafan", "lan-Elzafan", "Èlisafan", "Èlitsafan", "Èlizafan", "Élizafan"]·KO["그리고-엘사반", "엘리사반", "엘리사반의", "엘사반"]·PT["'Elitsafan", "'Eltsafan", "Elitsafan", "e-'Eltsafan"]·RU["Элицафан", "Элицафана", "Эльцафан", "Эльцафану", "и-Эльцафан"]·ES["Elitsafán", "Elizafán", "Eltzafán", "Elzafán", "y-Eltsafan"]·SW["Elisafani", "Elsafani", "na-Elisafani"]·TR["Elisafan", "Elitsafan", "Elitsafan'ın", "Eltsafan'a", "ve-Eltsafan"]·urd["الصافان", "الیصافان", "الیصافان-کے", "الیصفان", "اور-الصافان"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† אֱלִיצָפָן n.pr.m. (God has protected, cf. Ph. צפנבעל) a. chief of the Kohathites Nu 3:30 1 Ch 15:8 2 Ch 29:13; = אֶלְצָפָן Ex 6:22 Lv 10:4. b. chief of Zebulun Nu 34:25.