H2128 H2128
Ziph — a place name for towns in Judah (one near Hebron, one in the Negev) and a personal name in Chronicles.
Ziph denotes at least two distinct locations and one person. The most prominent is the town in the hill country of Judah southeast of Hebron (Josh 15:55), whose surrounding wilderness became David's hiding place during Saul's pursuit (1 Sam 23:14-15; 26:2). A second Ziph is listed among the towns of the Judean Negev (Josh 15:24). The name also appears as a personal name — a son of Jehallelel in the genealogy of Judah (1 Chr 4:16). Rehoboam later fortified the Hebron-area Ziph (2 Chr 11:8). French preserves the toponym as 'Ziph,' while Spanish adapts it minimally to 'Zif.'
Senses
1. Ziph (proper name, place/person) — The proper name Ziph, used for: (1) a town in the Judean hill country near Hebron (Josh 15:55; 2 Chr 11:8) and its associated wilderness where David took refuge from Saul (1 Sam 23:14-15, 24; 26:2); (2) a town in the Negev of Judah (Josh 15:24); and (3) a Judahite individual, son of Jehallelel (1 Chr 4:16). The directional form ziphah ('toward Ziph,' 1 Sam 23:24) and the construct midbar-ziph ('wilderness of Ziph') confirm the toponym's geographic productivity. All occurrences cluster around the single root identity. 10×
AR["زيف", "زيفَ", "زيفُ", "زِيف", "زِيفَةَ", "وَ-زيفُ"]·ben["এবং-সীফ", "সীফ", "সীফায়", "সীফের"]·DE["Ziph", "[זיף]", "und-Ziph"]·EN["Ziph", "and-Ziph"]·FR["Ziph", "[זיף]", "et-Ziph"]·heb["ו-זיף", "זיף", "זיפה"]·HI["और-ज़ीप", "ज़ीप", "ज़ीप-को", "जीप", "जीफ-के", "जीफाह"]·ID["Zif", "dan-Zif", "ke-Zif"]·IT["Zif", "Ziph", "[זיף]", "e-Ziph"]·jav["Zif", "lan-Zif"]·KO["그리고-신", "싁", "식", "신", "십의", "집으로", "집의"]·PT["Zif", "Zifah", "Zife", "e-Zif"]·RU["Зиф", "Зифа", "в-Зиф", "и-Зиф"]·ES["Zif", "y-Zif"]·SW["Zifa", "Zifu", "na-Zifu"]·TR["Zif", "Zif'i", "Zif'in", "Zifa'ya", "ve-Zif"]·urd["اور-زیف", "زیف", "زیف-میں", "زیفہ", "زیف۔"]
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
† זִיף n.pr. 1. n.pr.loc. a. city S.E. from Hebron, Jos 15:55 1 Ch 2:42 2 Ch 11:8, mod. Tell Zîf; RobBR i. 492, 498 Guérin Judée iii. 159 ff.: מִדְבַּר־ז׳ 1 S 23:14, 15; 26:2(×2); c. ה loc., זִ֫יפָה 1 S 23:24. b. city of southern Judah Jos 15:24, site unknown. 2. n.pr.m. a son of יְהַלֶּלְאֵל of Judah 1 Ch 4:16, whether related to n.pr.loc. supr. does not appear. 𝔊 Ζαφα, Ζιφ(αι). (1 Ch 2:42 v. supr.)