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The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), general editor James Orr — public domain, printed whole.

shy'-af (sha`aph):

(1) A son of Jahdai (1Ch 2:47).

(2) The son of Maachah, a concubine of Caleb, the brother of Jerahmeel. Shaaph is called the "father," or founder, of the city Madmannah (1Ch 2:48 f).