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el-i-zā´fan, ē̇-liz´a-fan (×ליצפן, 'ĕlı̄caÌ„phaÌ„n; Septuagint ἘλεισαφαÌν, EleisaphaÌn, ἘλισαφαÌν, ElisaphaÌn, ἘλισαφαÌ, ElisaphaÌ, ἘλισαφαÌÏ„, ElisaphaÌt, “God has protectedâ€; compare ×¦×¤× ×™×”, cephanyaÌ„h, Zephaniah, “Yah has protected,†and the Phoenician, ×¦×¤× ×‘×¢×œ, “Baal has protectedâ€):
(1) The son of Uzziel, the son of Kohath, and so a prince of the Levitical class of the Kohathites (; ; ). But in ; his class seems to be coördinate with that of the Kohathites. He is called Elzaphan in ; .
(2) A “prince†or chief of Zebulun, who represented that tribe in the division of the land ().