H8234 H8234
Mount Shepher, a wilderness encampment during Israel's journey from Egypt to Canaan
Mount Shepher appears in the wilderness itinerary of Numbers 33 as one of the stopping places during Israel's forty-year journey. The Israelites departed from Haradah and camped at Mount Shepher (verse 23), then departed from Mount Shepher and camped at Haradah (verse 24). The name means 'beautiful' or 'pleasant,' possibly describing the mountain's appearance. The Septuagint's 'Saphar' represents a straightforward transliteration. Like many wilderness stations, its precise location cannot be identified today.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A mountain station in the Sinai wilderness journey documented in the Priestly itinerary. Both occurrences in Numbers 33:23-24 follow the standard formulaic pattern of departure and arrival that structures this chapter. The consistent transliterations across Spanish (Sefer), French (Shepher), and German (Shepher) reflect its status as an unidentified geographical name. The mountain designation distinguishes it from other similarly-named places. 2×
AR["شَافِرَ"]·ben["শেফেরের"]·DE["Shepher"]·EN["Shepher"]·FR["Shepher"]·heb["שפר"]·HI["शेपेर"]·ID["Syefer"]·IT["Shepher"]·jav["Syafer"]·KO["셰보르의"]·PT["Shafer"]·RU["Шефер"]·ES["Sefer"]·SW["wa-Sheferi"]·TR["Şefer", "Şefer'in"]·urd["شفر"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† II. [שֶׁ֫פֶר] n.pr.mont. as a station in wilderness;—הַר־שָׁ֑פֶר Nu 33:23, 24 (P); Σαφαρ.