1. Ziph (proper name, place/person) — The proper name זִיף referring to: (1) a town in the hill country of Judah (Josh 15:55) where David hid from Saul (1 Sam 23:14-15; 26:2), and its associated wilderness; (2) a town in the Negeb of Judah (Josh 15:24); (3) a descendant of Caleb (1 Chr 2:42). All 10 occurrences use this name with or without the conjunction waw ('and Ziph'). Translated as English 'Ziph,' Spanish 'Zif,' Hindi 'Jif' (जीफ), Arabic 'Zif' (زيفَ), Korean 'Jip' (집), Swahili 'Zifu.' The conjunction-prefixed form is syntactically conditioned, not a distinct sense. 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۔"]
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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.)