1. Jephunneh (proper name) — The proper name Yephunneh (יְפֻנֶּה), borne by two figures: primarily the father of Caleb the Kenizzite (Num 13:6, 14:6, 30, 26:65, 32:12; Deut 1:36; Josh 14:6, 13, 14, 15:13, 21:12; 1 Chr 4:15, 6:41) and also the father of an Asherite in 1 Chr 7:38. All three sense clusters are minor transliteration variants of the identical name: Jephunneh (S103066, 9x), Yephunneh (S103067, 4x), Yefunneh (S103068, 3x). Multilingual renderings confirm a single name: Spanish Jefone/Jefuné/Yefune, Arabic يَفُنَّةَ (Yafunna), Hindi यफुन्ने/यपुन्ने (Yaphunne), Korean 여분네 (Yeobunne), Swahili Yefune. 16×
AR["يَفُنَّا","يَفُنَّة","يَفُنَّةَ","يَفُنّةَ"]·ben["যিফুন্না","যিফুন্নির","যিফুন্নের","যিফুন্নের।"]·DE["Jephunneh","Yephunneh","[יפנה]"]·EN["Jephunneh","Yefunneh","Yephunneh"]·FR["Jephunneh","Jephunné","Yephunneh","[יפנה]"]·heb["יפונה","יפנה"]·HI["यपुन्ने","यपुन्ने-का","यपुन्ने-के","यपुन्नेह","यफुन्ने","यफुन्ने-का"]·ID["Yefune"]·IT["Gefunne","Iefunne","Jefunne","Jephunneh"]·jav["Yefunè","Yefuné","Yèfunè","Yéfune","Yéfunè"]·KO["여분네","여분네-의","여분네의"]·PT["Jefuné","Yefuneh","Yefunneh"]·RU["Иефунне","Йефунне"]·ES["Jefone","Jefoné","Jefune","Jefuné","Yefune","Yefuné"]·SW["Yefune","kumweka","wa-Yefune"]·TR["Yefunne","Yefunne'nin","Yefunnenin"]·urd["یفنّہ","یفنّہ-کے","یفنہ","یفنہ-کا","یفنہ-کے"]
Num 13:6, Num 14:6, Num 14:30, Num 14:38, Num 26:65, Num 32:12, Num 34:19, Deut 1:36, Josh 14:6, Josh 14:13, Josh 14:14, Josh 15:13 (+4 more)
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
יְפֻנֶּה16 n.pr.m. (on form cf. LagBN 134);— 1. father of Caleb Nu 13:6; 14:6; Jos 14:6, 13; 1 Ch 4:15 + 10 times, Ιεφοννη. 2. Asherite 1 Ch 7:38, Ιφινα, A Ιεφιηλ, 𝔊L Ιεφοννη.