Zophah
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Zophah is one of the descendants of Issachar
, one of the sons of the Patriarch
Jacob
, as found in First Chronicles 7:35-36, in the Hebrew Bible
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A wiki list of Biblical names says it means "viol; honeycomb". While the patriarchs of ancient Israel did not have viol
s, but this is the word King James' translators used.
Issachar
Issachar/Yissachar was, according to the Book of Genesis, a son of Jacob and Leah , and the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Issachar; however some Biblical scholars view this as postdiction, an eponymous metaphor providing an aetiology of the connectedness of the tribe to others in the Israelite...
, one of the sons of the Patriarch
Patriarchs (Bible)
The Patriarchs of the Bible, when narrowly defined, are Abraham, the ancestor of all the Abrahamic nations; his son Isaac, the ancestor of the nations surrounding Israel/Judah; and Isaac's son Jacob, also named Israel, the ancestor of the Israelites...
Jacob
Jacob
Jacob "heel" or "leg-puller"), also later known as Israel , as described in the Hebrew Bible, the Talmud, the New Testament and the Qur'an was the third patriarch of the Hebrew people with whom God made a covenant, and ancestor of the tribes of Israel, which were named after his descendants.In the...
, as found in First Chronicles 7:35-36, in the Hebrew Bible
Hebrew Bible
The Hebrew Bible is a term used by biblical scholars outside of Judaism to refer to the Tanakh , a canonical collection of Jewish texts, and the common textual antecedent of the several canonical editions of the Christian Old Testament...
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- And the sons of his brother Helem; Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh, and Amal.
- The sons of Zophah; Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri, and Imrah
A wiki list of Biblical names says it means "viol; honeycomb". While the patriarchs of ancient Israel did not have viol
Viol
The viol is any one of a family of bowed, fretted and stringed musical instruments developed in the mid-late 15th century and used primarily in the Renaissance and Baroque periods. The family is related to and descends primarily from the Renaissance vihuela, a plucked instrument that preceded the...
s, but this is the word King James' translators used.