Lexicon
אֲבִישַׁג
a.vi.shag
H0049
N:N-F-P Hebrew

Abishag

5
Occurrences
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Books
Hebrew
Language

a.vi.shag identifies the Shunammite woman who ministers to the king and is later requested as a wife.

The proper noun identifies the Shunammite woman brought to the king and ministering to him in 1 Kings 1:3 and 1 Kings 1:15; later verses identify the same woman in requests that she be given to Adonijah as a wife.

Senses in use

  1. The Shunammite woman in the royal narrative · dominant

    The supplied forms are all tagged Noun · Proper and identify the woman found and brought to the king in 1 Kings 1:3 and ministering to him in 1 Kings 1:15. In 1 Kings 2:17 and 1 Kings 2:21, the APB renders requests that she be given to Adonijah as a wife; in 1 Kings 2:22, Solomon responds to the request for her alongside a request for kingship.

In the Anselm Paraphrase: The APB presents the name as “Abishag the Shunammite” in 1 Kings 1:3 and 1 Kings 1:15, while the later verses read “Abishag the Shunammites.” Because the paraphrase is not word-aligned, these renderings are treated as presentation of the proper name within the verse rather than as a lexical definition.

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