Chephar
ka.phar refers to villages or settlements, including those named among places holding royal stores.
The attested plural form denotes villages or settlements: places listed with cities and towers in a royal-administrative setting, and places associated with a vineyard-going scene.
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Villages or settlements · dominant
Both occurrences use a common masculine plural absolute noun. In 1 Chronicles 27:25 the APB renders the setting as treasures held "in the cities, in the villages, and in the towers"; in Song of Songs 7:12 the same plural form occurs in the verse's movement toward the vineyards.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly includes "villages" in 1 Chronicles 27:25. In Song of Songs 7:12, its translation foregrounds going to the vineyards, so the term's individual English contribution is not explicit.