she.va names Sheba as a land or people associated with a queen, trade, gifts, and caravans, and as a personal name in genealogies.

The attested uses chiefly identify Sheba as the place or people associated with its queen, commercial goods, caravans, gifts, and a raiding group; a smaller group of genealogical notices uses the same proper name for individuals within family lists.

1. Sheba as a land or people · dominant

   In 1 Kings 10:1 the proper noun identifies the queen who hears Solomon's report and comes to test him, while 1 Kings 10:13 says that she returns to her own land. In Ezekiel 27:22 the APB renders traders of Sheba supplying spices, precious stones, and gold; Job 6:19 mentions travelers of Sheba, and Psalm 72:15 speaks of gold of Sheba.

   1 Kings 10:11 Kings 10:13Ezekiel 27:22Job 6:19Psalm 72:15Ezekiel 38:13
2. Sheba as a personal name in genealogies · common

   The proper noun occurs within ancestral lists rather than descriptions of a land or people. In Genesis 10:7 the APB renders Sheba among Raamah's sons, whereas Genesis 25:3 places Sheba among Jokshan's descendants; 1 Chronicles 1:22 likewise lists Sheba with Obal and Abimael.

   Genesis 10:7Genesis 25:31 Chronicles 1:221 Chronicles 1:91 Chronicles 1:32Genesis 10:28

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly preserves the name as “Sheba,” including “queen of Sheba,” “traders of Sheba,” and “gold of Sheba.” It renders Job 1:15 as “the Sabeans,” though the supplied form is the same proper noun.