zi.phi identifies a plural group who report David's hiding place to Saul in the narrated passages.

The attested form is a masculine plural gentilic identifying the group that comes to Saul and reports David's hiding place in 1 Samuel 23:19 and 1 Samuel 26:1; its contribution in Psalm 54:2 is not recoverable from the supplied translation.

1. Plural group reporting to Saul · dominant

   In 1 Samuel 23:19 and 1 Samuel 26:1, the masculine plural gentilic occurs as the group that goes or comes to Saul at Gibeah and reports that David is hiding. The APB renders these clauses with "The Ziphites went up to Saul" and "The Ziphites came to Saul."

   1 Samuel 23:191 Samuel 26:1
2. Group name in a prayer verse · rare

   In Psalm 54:2, the same masculine plural gentilic form is present, but the supplied APB renders only a prayer for God to hear the speaker's words; the term's specific contribution cannot be isolated from this translation.

   Psalm 54:2

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly renders the group as "The Ziphites" in 1 Samuel 23:19 and 1 Samuel 26:1. In Psalm 54:2, its translation does not visibly reflect the supplied form.