cha.qu.pah is used as a proper name in family-group listings.

The term is attested as a proper name within parallel listings of “the sons of” a named group in Ezra 2:51 and Nehemiah 7:53.

1. Proper name in a family-group listing · dominant

   In Ezra 2:51, the proper noun appears between Bakbuk and Harhur in the repeated “sons of” listing; the APB renders the clause “the sons of Bakbuk, the sons of Hakupha, and the sons of Harhur.” Nehemiah 7:53 presents the same listing and likewise identifies the form as a proper noun.

   Ezra 2:51Nehemiah 7:53

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across Ezra 2:51 and Nehemiah 7:53, the APB presents the name as “Hakupha” in the phrase “the sons of Hakupha.” The verse is read as a whole, but both verses place it in the same family-group list.