Ichabod
i-kha.vod is used as a personal name for the boy named when glory was said to have departed from Israel.
The attested forms function as the personal name of the boy called in 1 Samuel 4:21 and later identified within a family line in 1 Samuel 14:3.
Senses in use
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Personal name in naming and lineage · dominant
In 1 Samuel 4:21, the proper noun occurs in the clause where she calls the boy by this name; the APB renders, "She called the boy Ichabod," and follows with her statement that glory had departed from Israel. In 1 Samuel 14:3, the proper noun identifies Ahitub as the brother of Ichabod in a family line; the APB renders, "the brother of Ichabod son of Phinehas."
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as "Ichabod" in both verses: as the boy's given name in 1 Samuel 4:21 and in a genealogical identification in 1 Samuel 14:3. Its following explanation in 1 Samuel 4:21 confirms the scene without isolating each element of the name.