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2 Samuel 21:16

“And Ishbi–benob, which was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

יִשְׁבּוֹ בְּנֹבYishbôw bᵉ-Nôb · yish-bo'beh-nobe
H3430 · Hebrew
Definition
Jishbo-be-Nob, a Philistine
Derivation
from H3427 (יָשַׁב) and H5011 (נֹב), with a pronominal suffix and a preposition interposed; his dwelling (is) in Nob;
KJV renderings
Ishbi-benob (from the margin).
Grammar
  • ו — conjunction
  • ישבו — proper noun
Code HC/Np
Usage
Occurs 3 times in the Hebrew Bible.

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read יִשְׁבּוֹ בְּנֹב here.

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.