H6829 H6829
Zaphon (town on east bank of Jordan in Gad's territory)
This place name identifies a town in the tribal territory of Gad, east of the Jordan River. Ancient sources locate it near the Jabbok river, possibly at modern Amateh. The name may share the same root as the common word for 'north,' though here it functions as a proper noun for a specific settlement. Joshua 13:27 and Judges 12:1 both reference this Transjordanian location, important in Israel's early territorial organization.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Geographic name of a town assigned to Gad east of the Jordan. Joshua 13:27 includes it in the boundary description of Gad's inheritance, situating it in the northern part of their territory near the Jabbok. 1×
AR["وَ-صافونَ"]·ben["এবং-সাফোন"]·DE["und-Tzaphon"]·EN["and-Tzaphon"]·FR["et-Tzaphon"]·heb["ו-צפון"]·HI["और-सापोन"]·ID["dan-Zafon"]·IT["e-Tzaphon"]·jav["lan-Zafon"]·KO["그리고-사본"]·PT["e-Tsafon"]·RU["и-Цафон"]·ES["y-Safón"]·SW["na-Safoni"]·TR["ve-Tsafon"]·urd["اور-صفون"]
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
† II. צָפוֹן n.pr.loc. on E. bank of Jordan, in tribe of Gad, צ׳ Jos 13:27 (Σαφαν[ων]), צָפ֫וֹנָה Ju 12:1 (βοῤῥᾶν, 𝔊L Σεφηνα); according to Talm. = mod. Amateh, N. of Jabbok, GFM BuhlGeogr. 259 (who doubts); Ṣapuna appears TelAm WklNo. 174.