H2079G

זַבַּי

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Zabbai

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.28 § Zabbai = "pure" 1) a descendant of Bebai who took a foreign wife in the days of Ezra 2) father of Baruch, who assisted Nehemiah in rebuilding the city wall

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

זַבַּי proper name, masculine (Palmyrene זבי Vog^{No. 28} (but this perhaps = loricatus, compare lorica)

**on Palmyrene זבי (probably abbreviated from ... זבד), see Lzb²⁶⁵ Cooke^{273, 291}; connection with above √ uncertain) — Jew in Ezra's time Ezra 10:28 ᵐ5 Ζαβου(θ); compare also Neh 3:20 Kt (ᵐ5 Ζαβου etc., but Qr זַכַּי; see זַכָּ֑י Ezra 2:9 = Neh 7:14).

1 occurrence

Ezra 10:28