che.pher is used as a personal name in family lists, clan identification, and a warrior’s designation.

The attested uses present this proper noun as a personal name: chiefly within the Manasseh family line and its clan identification, and also for a son of Naarah and for a man called the Mecherathite.

1. Personal name in family and clan lines · dominant

   In Numbers 26:32 the APB renders Hepher alongside a clan named from him, while Numbers 26:33 and Numbers 27:1 place him in Zelophehad's ancestry. Joshua 17:2 lists the sons of Hepher among Manasseh's family groups, and Joshua 17:3 again identifies Zelophehad as his son.

   Numbers 26:32Numbers 26:33Numbers 27:1Joshua 17:2Joshua 17:3
2. Personal name in other named lists · occasional

   In 1 Chronicles 4:6 the APB renders Hepher among the sons borne by Naarah. In 1 Chronicles 11:36 it renders “Hepher the Mecherathite” in a list of named men.

   1 Chronicles 4:61 Chronicles 11:36

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB consistently presents the term as “Hepher” when naming a person. In Numbers 26:32, the surrounding clause also names “the clan of the Hepherites,”.