ash.bel is used as the proper name of a member of Benjamin’s family and clan lists.

The term is consistently used as a proper name within Benjamin’s descendants: it occurs in a list of sons, in a birth-order statement, and in a clan enumeration connected with that name.

1. Personal name in Benjamin’s lineage · dominant

   All three occurrences are tagged Noun · Proper and identify the same named figure in Benjamin’s family setting. In Genesis 46:21 the APB renders a list of Benjamin’s sons including “Ashbel”; in 1 Chronicles 8:1 it names him second after Bela; and in Numbers 26:38 it places the name in the clause identifying a clan as “the clan of the Ashbelites.”

   Genesis 46:211 Chronicles 8:1Numbers 26:38

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the name directly as “Ashbel” in the family lists of Genesis 46:21 and 1 Chronicles 8:1. In Numbers 26:38, the verse also uses the corresponding clan designation “the Ashbelites”.