Shephupham, Shephuphan
Shephupham, Shephuphan
she-fufam or she-fufan (, shephupham; Codex Vaticanus and Codex Alexandrinus , Sophan; Lucian, , Sophan (Num 26:39 (43)); or Shephuphan, , shephuphan; Codex Vaticanus , Sopharphak, Codex Alexandrinus , Sophan, Lucian, , Seppham (1Ch 8:5), a kind of serpent, Gray, HPN, 95): Eponym of a Benjamite family. The name occurs in Gen 46:21 as Muppim and in 1Ch 7:12, 1Ch 7:15; 1Ch 26:16 as Shuppim. It is almost impossible to arrive at the original form; the gentilic Shuphamites appears in Num 26:39 (43).