Zuph

Zuph means honeycomb in Hebrew

According to the Books of Chronicles, a KohathiteHirsch, Emil G. and König, Eduard. "Elkanah", Jewish Encyclopedia, 1906 Levite, a fact not mentioned in the books of Samuel. He was the ancestor of Elkanah and Samuel (1 Samuel 1:1); called also Zophai in the parallel passage, (or in Hebrew Bible). Seligsohn, M., "Zuph", Jewish Encyclopedia, 1906 Land of Zuph (), a district in which lay Samuel's city, Ramathaim-Zophim. It was probably so named after Zuph (). Zuph and the city of Ramathaim-Zophim are mentioned in the Bible together with Mount Ephraim, suggesting that they shared a similar locality.

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