לִשְׁפוּפָ֕ם מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת הַשּׁוּפָמִ֑י לְחוּפָ֕ם מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת הַחוּפָמִֽי
of Shephupham, the family of the Shuphamites; of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites.
World English Bible · Public Domain
Numbers 26:39
Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) Numbers 26:39 appears in the Hebrew Old Testament. The text above is from the Westminster Leningrad Codex. Each word links to its Strong’s number, a concise gloss, and parsing drawn from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible morphology. Click any word for its full Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) entry.
English Translation
of Shephupham, the family of the Shuphamites; of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites.
Highlights
- 3 hapax legomena — only here in the Hebrew Bible
- 4 first appearances in the Hebrew Bible
- Septuagint runs longer here — compare
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Compare translations 3
The same verse in 3 English versions, stacked beneath the original-language interlinear above. Click any original word for its lexicon entry.
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
Highlighted words mark where these versions differ — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment.
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World English Bible Public Domain
of Shephupham, the family of the Shuphamites; of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites.
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King James Version Public Domain
Of Shupham, the family of the Shuphamites: of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
of Shephupham, the clan of the Shuphamite; of Hupham, the clan of the Huphamite.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).
Show all 18 translations
Every available English version of this verse, each an independent rendering of the whole verse.
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World English Bible Public Domain
of Shephupham, the family of the Shuphamites; of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites.
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Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
the Shuphamite clan from Shupham, and the Huphamite clan from Hupham.
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Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
the Shuphamite clan from Shupham, and the Huphamite clan from Hupham.
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King James Version Public Domain
Of Shupham, the family of the Shuphamites: of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites.
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American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
of Shephupham, the family of the Shuphamites; of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites.
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Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
of Shephupham, the family of the Shuphamites: of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites.
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Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
Of Shupham, the familie of the Suphamites: of Hupham, the familie of the Huphamites.
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Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
Supham, of whom is the family of the Suphamites: Hupham, of whom is the family of the Huphamites.
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Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
of Shupham the family of the Shuphamite; of Hupham the family of the Huphamite.
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Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
of Shupham the family of the Shuphamite; of Hupham the family of the Huphamite.
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Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
through Shephupham, the clan of the Shuphamites, through Hupham, the clan of the Huphamites.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
of Shephupham, the clan of the Shuphamite; of Hupham, the clan of the Huphamite.
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Darby Bible Public Domain
of Shephupham, the family of the Shuphamites; of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites.
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World Messianic Bible Public Domain
of Shephupham, the family of the Shuphamites; of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites.
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Webster's Bible Public Domain
Of Shupham, the family of the Shuphamites: of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites.
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Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
Shupham, ancestor of the Shuphamite family; and Hupham, ancestor of the Huphamite family.
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Bible in Basic English Public Domain
Of Shephupham, the family of the Shuphamites: and of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites.
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JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
of Shephupham, the family of the Shuphamites; of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites.
Literal Standard Version (2020), Covenant Press — licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Text via the HelloAO Bible API (eBible.org). Unlocked Literal Bible (unfoldingWord) — licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Text via the HelloAO Bible API (eBible.org). unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult). Free Bible Version, Dr. Jonathan Gallagher — licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Text via the HelloAO Bible API (eBible.org).
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הַשּׁוּפָמִ֑י
Shûwphâmîy
H7781
“the · Shuphamites”
Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
- Appears 1× in the Hebrew Bible
- First appears here
- Part of Speech
- Particle + Noun
- Type
- Gentilic
- Gender
- Masculine
- Number
- Singular
- State
- Absolute
Full BDB Definition
Shuphamites = see Shupham " bareness"
- Benjamites, the descendants of Shupham
- לִשְׁפוּפָ֕ם Shᵉphûwphâm H8197 “to/for · Shephuphan” Preposition + Noun, Proper
- מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת mishpâchâh H4940 “family of” Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Construct
- הַשּׁוּפָמִ֑י Shûwphâmîy H7781 “the · Shuphamites” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
- לְחוּפָ֕ם Chûwphâm H2349 “to/for · Hupham” Preposition + Noun, Proper
- מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת mishpâchâh H4940 “family of” Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Construct
- הַחוּפָמִֽי Chûwphâmîy H2350 “the · Huphamites” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
About this verse
These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →
- 6
- words
- 5
- distinct lemmas
- Pentateuch
- section
Notable vocabulary
3 hapax legomena — words that appear only here in the entire Hebrew Bible:
First appearance in Scripture
These words make their first canonical appearance in the Hebrew Bible here:
Shared distinctive vocabulary
לִשְׁפוּפָ֕ם Shephuphan H8197 occurs in 2 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:
Grammatical profile
- 6 nouns
Repetition
A word recurs within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:
- מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת family H4940 ×2
Hebrew & Septuagint length
In English translation the verse runs 14 words from the Hebrew and 21 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — the Septuagint runs noticeably longer here. See the side-by-side →
A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.
Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.
Cross-references
1Topical passages linked to Numbers 26:39 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.
- Genesis 46:21 The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.
Cross-references courtesy of OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint
The same verse in the two great witnesses to the Old Testament, shown verse-for-verse.
Here the Septuagint runs noticeably longer than the Hebrew — LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) 21 words vs World English Bible 14. A rough length comparison of the two English translations, not a word-level alignment — read both below.
These are two independent witnesses, not word-aligned to each other, and the Septuagint is shown in lemma (dictionary) form.
καί οὗτος υἱός ἐφράιμ ὁ σουταλα δῆμος ὁ σουταλαϊ ὁ ταναχ δῆμος ὁ ταναχι
And these are the children of Ephraim; to Suthala, the family of the Suthalanites; to Tanach, the family of the Tanachites.
LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain
Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →
Targum (Aramaic paraphrase)
The Targum is the ancient Jewish Aramaic paraphrase of the Hebrew Scriptures — an interpretive translation, not the Hebrew text itself. Onkelos (literal) and Pseudo-Jonathan (expansive) render the Torah, and Jonathan the Prophets. Coverage is partial: where no permissively-licensed English translation exists for a verse, only the Aramaic is shown. This is verse-level text, not a word-by-word alignment to the Hebrew.
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Targum Onkelos Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)
לִשְׁפוּפָם זַרְעִית שְׁפוּפָם לְחוּפָם זַרְעִית חוּפָם
(no public-domain English translation for this verse)
Targum Onkelos — Aramaic: “Onkelos Genesis” (public domain); “Onkelos Exodus” (public domain); “Onkelos Leviticus” (public domain); “Onkelos Numbers” (public domain); “Onkelos Deuteronomy” (public domain). English: “Sefaria Community Translation” (CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication)); “J.W. Etheridge. The Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan Ben Uzziel on the Pentateuch. London: Longmans, Green, 1862” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.
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Targum Pseudo-Jonathan Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)
לִשְׁפוּפָם גְנִיסַת שְׁפוּפָם לְחוּפָם גְנִיסַת חוּפָם
Of Shephuphia, the family of Shephuphia; of Hupham, the family of Hupham.
Targum Pseudo-Jonathan — Aramaic: “Targum Jonathan on Genesis” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Exodus” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Leviticus” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Numbers” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Deuteronomy” (public domain). English: “The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.
Lesson kit
Teaching starters — assembled from the data on this page, not authored interpretation. Every prompt links to the verse data it draws on. Edit before teaching.
Numbers, in the Pentateuch, opens this verse with 6 words (5 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is Shûwphâmîy (“Shuphamites”). The Greek Septuagint runs longer here. A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.
Discussion questions
- What does “Shuphamites” (Shûwphâmîy) contribute to the verse as a whole?
- This verse holds 3 words here found nowhere else in the Hebrew Bible. What might the rare words draw attention to?
- 4 words here appear for the first time in Scripture. What is being introduced at this debut?
- 1 Chronicles 8:5 shares the word «Shephuphan» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
- “family” occurs 2× in this one verse. What is the effect of the repetition?
- Compared with the Hebrew, the Septuagint runs longer here. What questions does that raise?
- These translations render this verse differently; the difference is in the English rendering, not the original. What questions does that raise?
- Reading how Matthew Poole's English Annotations and Whedon's Commentary on the Bible read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?
Things to notice
- 3 words in this verse appear nowhere else in the Hebrew Bible.
- 4 words make their first canonical appearance in Scripture here.
- These translations choose different wording for 8 words in this verse.
- “family” occurs 2× in this single verse.
- 5 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 6 words in this verse.
Commentary
Notes on Numbers 26:39 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.
Lemma curates 59 commentaries, every one of them public domain or Creative Commons licensed, each selected and text-cleaned for this edition rather than reprinted as found. About our sources →
Matthew Poole's English Annotations
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible
Daniel D. Whedon
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Rashi
Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki (Rashi)
Rashi on the Tanakh — English translations: “The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg” (CC BY 4.0); “Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934” (public domain); “The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J” (CC BY 4.0); and “The Book of Joshua, Metsudah Publications, 1997” (CC BY 4.0). Text via Sefaria.