Lexicon
יָבִין
ya.vin
H2985
N:N-M-P Hebrew

Jabin

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Hebrew
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ya.vin is a proper name used for a king associated with Hazor and Canaan in the supplied narratives.

The attested form is a proper name for a king: Joshua 11:1 identifies him with Hazor, while Judges 4:2, Judges 4:23, and Judges 4:24 place him as king of Canaan in the conflict with the sons of Israel. Judges 4:7 links Sisera to his army, and Psalm 83:10 contains the proper-name form in a clause the APB renders without making its individual contribution explicit.

Senses in use

  1. Proper name of a king in the narratives · dominant

    Each occurrence is tagged Noun · Proper. In Joshua 11:1 the APB renders a king of Hazor sending to other kings; in Judges 4:2 it renders him as king of Canaan whose army was commanded by Sisera, and Judges 4:23-24 describes God subduing him and the sons of Israel pressing against him until destruction. Judges 4:7 likewise identifies Sisera as the commander of his army.

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the narrative verses, the APB presents the name in titles and possessive phrases such as "Jabin king of Hazor," "Jabin king of Canaan," and "Jabin's army." In Psalm 83:10, the supplied APB clause renders destruction at En-dor without an explicit corresponding name, so the translation does not isolate the term there.

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