H8197a H8197a
Shephupham; personal name of a Benjaminite ancestor, head of a tribal family
Shephupham appears in Numbers 26:39 as a clan ancestor in Benjamin's tribal census. His descendants formed one of the Benjaminite families, though the name shows variation across biblical genealogies. He corresponds to Muppim and Huppim in Genesis 46:21 and to Shuppim and Huppim in 1 Chronicles 7:12, reflecting the textual fluidity common in genealogical lists. These variations likely stem from different textual traditions or dialectal pronunciations of the same ancestral name.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Ancestral name of a Benjaminite clan in Numbers 26:39. The prepositional form לשפופם (le-Shephupham) means 'to/of Shephupham,' indicating this is the eponymous ancestor of the Shuphamite clan. English renders 'to-Shephupham,' Spanish 'De-Sefufam' (of Sephupham), French 'à-Shephupham,' German 'zu-Shephupham.' The Septuagint gives Σουταλα or Σοφαν. The census lists this family among Benjamin's clans during Israel's wilderness period. BDB notes the name's equivalence with Muppim and Huppim (Genesis 46:21) and Shuppim and Huppim (1 Chronicles 7:12), showing how genealogical names could vary in spelling while referring to the same ancestral figure. 1×
AR["لِ-شَفُوفَامَ"]·ben["শফূফামের-জন্য"]·DE["zu-Shephupham"]·EN["to-Shephupham"]·FR["à-Shephupham"]·heb["ל-שפופם"]·HI["शपूपाम-को"]·ID["dari-Sefufam"]·IT["a-Shephupham"]·jav["Kagem-Sefufam"]·KO["쉐부팔-에게"]·PT["De-Shefufam"]·RU["от-Шефуфама"]·ES["De-Sefufam"]·SW["kwa-Shufamu"]·TR["-Şefufam'a"]·urd["شفوفام-سے"]
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
† שְׁפוּפָם n.pr.m. in Benjamin;—Nu 26:39, Σουταλα, 𝔊L Σοφαν (= מֻפִּים וְחֻפִּים Gn 46:21, שֻׁפִּים וְחֻפִּם 1 Ch 7:12).