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e.tsen identifies a person by a gentilic designation in the roster of David’s mighty men.
The attested form is a masculine singular construct gentilic designation attached to an individual in the list of David’s mighty men in 2 Samuel 23:8.
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Gentilic designation in a warrior roster · dominant
In 2 Samuel 23:8, the masculine singular construct gentilic form occurs in the naming of a man among David’s mighty men. The APB renders the verse as a roster headed by “Josheb-basshebeth the Tahchemonite,” but its loose wording does not isolate this lemma’s specific English equivalent.
In the Anselm Project Bible: In 2 Samuel 23:8, the APB presents the surrounding clause as the naming of “Josheb-basshebeth the Tahchemonite” among David’s mighty men. The lemma’s individual rendering cannot be isolated with certainty.