אופיר
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Hebrew
Proper noun
- (biblical) the eleventh son of Joktan
- Tanach, Genesis 10:29, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- וְאֶת־אוֹפִר וְאֶת־חֲוִילָה וְאֶת־יוֹבָב כָּל־אֵלֶּה בְּנֵי יָקְטָן׃
- v-et Ofír v-et Ḥavilá v-et Yováv; kol éleh b'nei Yoqtán.
- and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan.
- Ophir (a biblical port, known for its gold production)
- Tanach, 1 Kings 10:11, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- וְגַם אֳנִי חִירָם אֲשֶׁר־נָשָׂא זָהָב מֵאוֹפִיר הֵבִיא מֵאֹפִיר עֲצֵי אַלְמֻגִּים הַרְבֵּה מְאֹד וְאֶבֶן יְקָרָה׃
- V-gam oní Ḥirám ashér nasá zaháv me-Ofír heví me-Ofír ʿatséi almugím harbé m'ód v-éven y'qará.
- And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of sandal-wood and precious stones.
- Tanach, Isaiah 13:12, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- אוֹקִ֥יר אֱנ֖וֹשׁ מִפָּ֑ז וְאָדָ֖ם מִכֶּ֥תֶם אוֹפִֽיר׃
- Oqír enósh mip-paz v-adám mi-kétem Ofír.
- I will make man more rare than fine gold, Even man than the pure gold of Ophir.
- (metonymically) gold in general
- Tanach, Job 22:23, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- וְשִׁית־עַל־עָפָר בָּצֶר וּכְצוּר נְחָלִים אוֹפִיר׃
- V-shit ʿal ʿafár bátser u-kh-tsur n'ḥalím ofir.
- If you regard treasure as dirt, Ophir-gold as stones of the wadi.
- a male or female given name, equivalent to English Ophir