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title: אֲחַסְבַּי — Ahasbai · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֲחַסְבַּי (308), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Ahasbai. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֲחַסְבַּי

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«אֲחַסְבַּי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Ahasbai** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 308 · **BDB:** אֲחַסְבַּי

### Glosses

of.Ahasbai (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Ahasbai [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/308/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/308/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. father of Eliphelet, one of David’s heroes 2 S 23:34. (Meaning dub.; 1 Ch 11:35 has אוּר׃, sq. חֵפֶר; text prob. corrupt.)

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֲחַסְבַּי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/308/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 23:34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.23.34/)

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אֱלִיפֶ֥לֶט בֶּן־אֲחַסְבַּ֖י בֶּן־הַמַּֽעֲכָתִ֑יס אֱלִיעָ֥ם בֶּן־אֲחִיתֹ֖פֶל הַגִּלֹנִֽי׃ס

*Word for word:* Eliphelet the.son of.Ahasbai the.son of the.Maacathite Eliam the.son of.Ahithophel the Gilonite

*JPS 1917:* Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maacathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite;

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