Lexicon
יָשׇׁבְעָם
ya.shov.am
H3434
N:N-M-P Hebrew

Jashobeam

3
Occurrences
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Hebrew
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ya.shov.am identifies a person named among David's mighty men and as overseer of a first-month division.

The attested form is a proper name for a person: 1 Chronicles 11:11 identifies him among David's mighty men, and 1 Chronicles 27:2 names him over the first division; 1 Chronicles 12:7 also lists the form in a personal-name context.

Senses in use

  1. Personal name in military and list settings · dominant

    The form is tagged Noun · Proper in all three verses. In 1 Chronicles 11:11 the APB renders “Jashobeam son of the Hachmonite” as head of the thirty; in 1 Chronicles 27:2 it renders “Jashobeam son of Zabdiel” over the first division. In 1 Chronicles 12:7, the APB includes “Jashobeam” in a brief personal-name listing.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the form as “Jashobeam” in each cited verse, with identifying phrases in 1 Chronicles 11:11 and 1 Chronicles 27:2. Those phrases confirm the verse contexts rather than separately define the name.

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