Lexicon
עֲזוּבָה
a.zu.vah
H5806
N:N-F-P Hebrew

Azubah

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Hebrew
Language

a.zu.vah is used as a personal name for women identified as Caleb’s wife and Jehoshaphat’s mother.

The attested form is a proper personal name: it identifies Caleb’s wife in 1 Chronicles and Jehoshaphat’s mother in the royal notices of 1 Kings and 2 Chronicles.

Senses in use

  1. Personal name in family identification · dominant

    The form is tagged as a proper noun in every occurrence. In 1 Chronicles 2:18 the APB renders Azubah as Caleb’s wife, and 1 Chronicles 2:19 reports her death; in 1 Kings 22:42 and 2 Chronicles 20:31, the APB identifies Azubah as Jehoshaphat’s mother.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the name as “Azubah” in each verse, within family identification and royal maternal notices. It confirms the name’s use in the clauses without supplying a lexical explanation.

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