Lexicon
שֹׁבִי
sho.vi
H7629
N:N-M-P Hebrew

Shobi

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sho.vi is used as the proper name of a man identified as the son of Nahash.

The attested use presents sho.vi as a proper personal name: in 2 Samuel 17:27, it identifies a man as the son of Nahash from Rabbah of the sons of Ammon.

Senses in use

  1. Personal name in a list of people · dominant

    The form is tagged as a proper noun in 2 Samuel 17:27, where it heads the identification “Shobi son of Nahash.” In 2 Samuel 17:27 the APB renders the verse as naming Shobi among those associated with David’s arrival at Mahanaim.

In the Anselm Project Bible: In 2 Samuel 17:27, the APB presents the term as “Shobi” in the phrase “Shobi son of Nahash.” The verse is read as a whole, but its naming corresponds to the proper-noun use shown by the supplied morphology.

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