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title: שׁוֹבָב — Shobab · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שׁוֹבָב (7727), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: Shobab. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שׁוֹבָב

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«שׁוֹבָב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Shobab** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 7727 · **BDB:** שׁוֹבָב²

### Glosses

Shobab (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Shobab [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7727/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7727/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. Σωβαβ, etc.: son of David 2 S 5:14 = 1 Ch 14:4; 1 Ch 3:5. son of Caleb 1 Ch 2:18.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שׁוֹבָב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7727/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 5:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.5.14/)

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וְאֵ֗לֶּה שְׁמ֛וֹת הַיִּלֹּדִ֥ים ל֖וֹ בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם שַׁמּ֣וּעַ וְשׁוֹבָ֔ב וְנָתָ֖ן וּשְׁלֹמֹֽה׃

*Word for word:* and these \[are\].the.names of the.\[ones\].born to him in Jerusalem Shammua and Shobab and Nathan and Solomon

*JPS 1917:* And these are the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem: Shammua, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon;

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[1 Chronicles 14:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.14.4/)

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וְאֵ֙לֶּה֙ שְׁמ֣וֹת הַיְלוּדִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר הָיוּ־ל֖וֹ בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם שַׁמּ֣וּעַ וְשׁוֹבָ֔ב נָתָ֖ן וּשְׁלֹמֹֽה׃

*Word for word:* and these \[are\].the.names of the.\[ones\].born who they.belonged to him in Jerusalem Shammua and Shobab Nathan and Solomon

*JPS 1917:* And these are the names of the children whom he had in Jerusalem: Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon;

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