Zuph
tsuph is used as a proper name in genealogies and as the name of a land in Saul’s journey.
The attested forms are proper nouns: they occur in genealogical succession and in 1 Samuel 1:1 as an ancestor named Zuph, while 1 Samuel 9:5 names the land of Zuph reached by Saul and his companion.
Senses in use
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Personal name in genealogical succession · dominant
The forms are tagged Noun · Proper in genealogical contexts. In 1 Samuel 1:1 the APB renders Zuph as the final named ancestor in Elkanah’s lineage; 1 Chronicles 6:11 and 1 Chronicles 6:20 place the forms within successive father-son listings, though the translation does not visibly preserve each supplied form.
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Name of a land · rare
In 1 Samuel 9:5, the proper-noun form occurs in the clause describing Saul and the young man entering a land. The APB renders the location as “the land of Zuph.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly presents the term as “Zuph” in 1 Samuel 1:1 and as “the land of Zuph” in 1 Samuel 9:5. In the two Chronicles verses, the supplied proper-noun forms are not visibly identifiable in the translation’s abbreviated genealogical wording.