שֹׁבִי
sho.vi
H7629
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Hebrew
Shobi
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Hebrew
Language
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
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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.