Lexicon
צְלׇפְחָד
tse.loph.chad
H6765
N:N-M-P Hebrew

Zelophehad

11
Occurrences
3
Books
Hebrew
Language

tse.loph.chad identifies the father whose daughters are named in family and inheritance accounts.

The term is used as a proper name for the man identified as the father of five daughters, especially in notices concerning the absence of sons, his daughters’ family identity, and the inheritance assigned through them.

Senses in use

  1. Father named in family and inheritance accounts · dominant

    The supplied form is tagged Noun · Proper in every occurrence. In Numbers 26:33 the APB renders a notice that he had no sons but daughters and then names those daughters; in Numbers 27:7 it renders the daughters’ successful claim to receive their father’s inheritance. Numbers 36:2 and Numbers 36:6 continue this identification in instructions concerning the inheritance and marriages of his daughters.

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB presents the term as “Zelophehad” in genealogical, daughter-list, and inheritance clauses. These English occurrences confirm the person named in the clauses rather than supply a separate lexical rendering.

Passages featuring this word

Across Scripture