Bukki

Bukki is not presented as a mythic origin figure but as a named human within Israelite textual traditions. One attestation (Numbers 34:22) lists Bukki as a Danite, son of Jogli, appointed among the tribal princes who assisted Moses in partitioning the land. Another attestation occurs in priestly genealogies (1 Chronicles 6 and parallel lists), where Bukki is recorded as a son of Abishua and father of Uzzi (Uzzi/Izzi), placing him in the Aaronid hereditary line. Later textual traditions preserve variant forms of the name (Boccas in 1 Esdras, Borith in 2 Esdras) and secondary summaries note extrabiblical identifications (e.g., Josephus, Samaritan lists) though those identifications are presented in the supplied excerpts as secondary/unconfirmed.

The sources provide no physical or anthropomorphic description; Bukki is consistently treated as an ordinary human figure identified in genealogical and administrative lists. No distinctive bodily features, garments, or iconography are attested in the provided material.

No supernatural abilities are attributed. The attested functions are social and administrative: as a tribal prince of Dan Bukki served as one of the representative chiefs appointed to assist in the division of the land (Numbers 34:22). In the priestly genealogy Bukki's role is genealogical—denoting descent in the Aaronid priestly line (son of Abishua, father of Uzzi) which marks hereditary qualification for priestly office. Secondary summaries note that some sources describe Bukki as an early High Priest (a claim aggregated in modern summaries), but the primary biblical excerpts record only genealogical and administrative roles without ritual descriptions.