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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - חׇפְנִי
חׇפְנִי
H2652
Transliteration: Chophnîy
Pronunciation: khof-nee'
Definition: Hophni
Original: חפני Transliteration: chophnı̂y Phonetic: khof-nee'
BDB Definition:
Hophni = "pugilist"- one of the two sons of Eli who were priests at Shiloh and were noted for their brutality and lust; their sinfulness provoked a curse against their father's house and were judged by the Lord when they took the ark into battle; the ark was lost and both brothers were killed and Eli died when he heard the news