Comentário sobre Números 26:39
לִשְׁפוּפָ֕ם מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת הַשּׁוּפָמִ֑י לְחוּפָ֕ם מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת הַחוּפָמִֽי׃
de Sefufã, a família dos sufamitas; de Hufão, a família dos hufamitas.
Rashi on Numbers
לשפופם OF SHEFUFAM - he was identical with Muppim, but was so called also after Joseph because Joseph became enfeebled (שפוף) through his sufferings among the nations.
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Siftei Chakhamim
Being humbled among the nations. שפוף ["humble"] has the connotation of hovering [just above the ground].
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Chizkuni
לשפופם, he is identical with מופים, in Genesis 46,21.
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Chizkuni
לחופם, he is identical with חופים, in the verse just quoted. Five of Binyamin’s sons had died, i.e. בכר, גרא, נעמן, ראש and ארד. This is what Rashi had referred to on verse 13, when he wrote that 5 of Binyamin’s family were extinct.
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