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title: יוֹבָב — Jobab · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יוֹבָב (3103), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 9 times: Jobab. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יוֹבָב

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«יוֹבָב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Jobab** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 9 times · **Key:** 3103 · **BDB:** יוֹבָב

### Glosses

Jobab (9)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Jobab [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3103/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3103/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (Sab. n.pr. יהיבב GlaserSkizze ii. 303 ff.)— ‘son’ of Yoḳtân Gn 10:29 = 1 Ch 1:23, 𝔊 Ιωβαβ. a king in Edom Gn 36:33, 34 = 1 Ch 1:44, 45, 𝔊 Ιω(α)βαβ. king of Madon (Northern Canaan) Jos 11:1, 𝔊 Ιω(β)αβ. Benjamites: 1 Ch 8:9, 𝔊 Ιωβαβ. 1 Ch 8:18, 𝔊 Ιω(β)αβ.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יוֹבָב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3103/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 8:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.8.18/)

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וְיִשְׁמְרַ֧י וְיִזְלִיאָ֛ה וְיוֹבָ֖ב בְּנֵ֥י אֶלְפָּֽעַל׃

*Word for word:* and Ishmerai and Izliah and Jobab \[were\].the.sons of.Elpaal

*JPS 1917:* and Ishmerai, and Izliah, and Jobab, were the sons of Elpaal.

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[Genesis 36:33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.36.33/)

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וַיָּ֖מָת בָּ֑לַע וַיִּמְלֹ֣ךְ תַּחְתָּ֔יו יוֹבָ֥ב בֶּן־זֶ֖רַח מִבָּצְרָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.died Bela and he.reigned in place.of.him Jobab the.son of.Zerah from Bozrah

*JPS 1917:* And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.

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