H8143

שֶׁנְהַבִּים

shen.hab.bimH:N-M

ivory

ivory

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

שֶׁנְהַבִּים apparently noun masculine [plural], in list of Solomon's imports, 1Kgs 10:22 = 2Chr 9:21, AV RV ivory (elsewhere שֵׁן alone); hence הַבִּים = elephants according to Ges (in Thes) Ew Hi SchrZMG xxvii (1873), 709 COT1 Kings, compare ᵐ5 (2 Chronicles, and A in 1 Kings) ὀδόντων ἐλεφαντίνων, ᵑ9 (in 1 Kings) dentes elephantorum, ᵑ7; but this very dubious; < read RöThes Th Be CheEB 1154 שֵׁן (וְ)הָבְנִים ivory (and) ebony (Ezek 27:15).


2 occurrences

I Kings (1), II Chronicles (1)