Lexicon
צְבֹיִים
tse.vo.im
H6636
N:N--L Hebrew

Zeboiim

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tse.vo.im is a proper place-name named with Sodom, Gomorrah, and Admah in boundary, battle, and prophetic comparison scenes.

The attested form functions as a proper place-name: it marks a location on a Canaanite border, identifies a city whose king joins a battle, and is named with Admah in Hosea’s comparison.

Senses in use

  1. Place-name in geographic, battle, and comparison settings · dominant

    The form is tagged Noun · Proper in every occurrence. In Genesis 10:19 the APB renders it within the Canaanite border list after Sodom, Gomorrah, and Admah; in Genesis 14:2 and Genesis 14:8 it identifies the city whose king is among the parties arranging battle. In Hosea 11:8 the APB renders it in the question, “How can I set you like Zeboiim?”, alongside Admah.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly presents the name as “Zeboiim” in Genesis 10:19, Genesis 14:2, Genesis 14:8, and Hosea 11:8. Deuteronomy 29:22 does not visibly reproduce the name in its English wording.

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