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title: שֹׁבָי — Shobai · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שֹׁבָי (7630), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Shobai. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שֹׁבָי

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«שֹׁבָי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Shobai** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 7630 · **BDB:** שֹׁבָ֑י

### Glosses

of.Shobai (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Shobai [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7630/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7630/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. in post-ex.. Israel Ezr 2:42 = Ne 7:45, 𝔊B Αβαου (Ezr), Σαβει, A (Ezr) 𝔊L Σωβαι.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (16 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (11 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שֹׁבָי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7630/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nehemiah 7:45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.7.45/)

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הַשֹּֽׁעֲרִ֗ים בְּנֵֽי־שַׁלּ֤וּם בְּנֵֽי־אָטֵר֙ בְּנֵֽי־טַלְמֹ֣ן בְּנֵֽי־עַקּ֔וּב בְּנֵ֥י חֲטִיטָ֖א בְּנֵ֣י שֹׁבָ֑י מֵאָ֖ה שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים וּשְׁמֹנָֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* the gatekeepers the.descendants of.Shallum the.descendants of.Ater the.descendants of.Talmon the.descendants of.Akkub the.descendants of.Hatita the.descendants of.Shobai one.hundred thirty and eight

*JPS 1917:* The porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, a hundred thirty and eight.

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[Ezra 2:42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.2.42/)

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בְּנֵ֣י הַשֹּֽׁעֲרִ֗ים בְּנֵי־שַׁלּ֤וּם בְּנֵֽי־אָטֵר֙ בְּנֵי־טַלְמ֣וֹן בְּנֵי־עַקּ֔וּב בְּנֵ֥י חֲטִיטָ֖א בְּנֵ֣י שֹׁבָ֑י הַכֹּ֕ל מֵאָ֖ה שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים וְתִשְׁעָֽה׃פ

*Word for word:* the.descendants of the.gatekeepers the.descendants of.Shallum the.descendants of.Ater the.descendants of.Talmon the.descendants of.Akkub the.descendants of.Hatita the.descendants of.Shobai (the) everyone \[was\].one.hundred thirty and nine

*JPS 1917:* The children of the porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, in all a hundred thirty and nine.

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