Lexical Definition

‎זַבַּי‎ Zabbay (zab-bah'-ee) Zabbai ^N:N-M-P
probably by orthographical error for ‎זַכַּי‎

Zabbai.

• § Zabbai = "pure"
• Zabbai (or Zaccai), an Israelite

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

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎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).

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