Shepher (Hastings' Dictionary)

Mount Shepher (•\ta in) is a station in the journeyings of the children of Israel, men- tioned only Nu 33^- **. Nothing is known about its position. Id both verses nsd being in pause is pointed Shapher, the form that appears in AV. The LXX in B Luc. has 2«^oe/j, taking no account of ' mount,' which is represented in A by ' Apfd^xp and 1etpirK^a.p, and in F by 'A^ira^atJ ; Vulfr. has Sepher.

The word (which means 'beauty ') occurs (as a noun) only in Gn 4921 'giving goodliz-woTda' (words of beauty or elegance); but see DittnianDor Spurrel], ad loc^t for an alternative rendering of this verse. A. T. Chapman.