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title: שׁוֹבַךְ — Shobach · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שׁוֹבַךְ (7731), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Shobach. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שׁוֹבַךְ

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«שׁוֹבַךְ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Shobach** — 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:** 7731 · **BDB:** שׁוֹבַךְ

### Glosses

Shobach (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Shobach [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7731/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7731/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. Aramaean general, 2 S 10:16, 18 (Σωβακ, 𝔊L Σαβεε), = שׁוֹפַךְ 1 Ch 19:16, 18 (Σωφαρ, Σαφαθ; A Σωφαχ, Σωβαχ, 𝔊L Σωφακ).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 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 «שׁוֹבַךְ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7731/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 10:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.10.16/)

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וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח הֲדַדְעֶ֗זֶר וַיֹּצֵ֤א אֶת־אֲרָם֙ אֲשֶׁר֙ מֵעֵ֣בֶר הַנָּהָ֔ר וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ חֵילָ֑ם וְשׁוֹבַ֛ךְ שַׂר־צְבָ֥א הֲדַדְעֶ֖זֶר לִפְנֵיהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* and he.sent Hadadezer and he.brought.out (et) Aram which \[was\].from the.other.side of the.River and they.came Helam and Shobach the.commander of.the.army of.Hadadezer \[was\] before them

*JPS 1917:* And Hadadezer sent, and brought out the Arameans that were beyond the River; and they came to Helam, with Shobach the captain of the host of Hadadezer at their head.

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[2 Samuel 10:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.10.18/)

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וַיָּ֣נָס אֲרָם֮ מִפְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ וַיַּהֲרֹ֨ג דָּוִ֜ד מֵאֲרָ֗ם שְׁבַ֤ע מֵאוֹת֙ רֶ֔כֶב וְאַרְבָּעִ֥ים אֶ֖לֶף פָּרָשִׁ֑ים וְאֵ֨ת שׁוֹבַ֧ךְ שַׂר־צְבָא֛וֹ הִכָּ֖ה וַיָּ֥מָת שָֽׁם׃

*Word for word:* and it.fled Aram from before Israel and he.killed David of Aram seven hundred(s) charioteer\[s\] and forty thousand horsemen and (et) Shobach the.commander its.army his he.struck.down and he.died there

*JPS 1917:* And the Arameans fled before Israel; and David slew of the Arameans seven hundred drivers of chariots, and forty thousand horsemen, and smote Shobach the captain of their host, so that he died there.

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