Lexical Definition

‎חֲמַת צוֹבָה‎ Chămath Tsôwbâh (kham-ath' tso-baw') Hamath-zobah ^N:N--L
from ‎חֲמָת‎ and ‎צוֹבָא‎; Chamath of Tsobah; probably the same as ‎חֲמָת‎

Hamath-Zobah.

• § Hamath-Zobah = "fortress of Zobah"
• Chamath-Tsobah

1) a town site unknown; maybe same as 'Hammath'

Extended Information

name of: צוֹבָא

• Hamath-Zobah = "fortress of Zobah"
• a town ; maybe same as 'Hammath'
• Another name of tso.va (‎צו‎ֹ‎ב‎ָ‎א‎ "Zobah" צוֹבָא)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎צוֺבָא‎, ‎צוֺבָה‎ proper name, of a territory Σουβα, rarely Σωβα(λ): an Aramaean kingdom, time of (Saul and) David ‎אֲרַם צוֺבָא‎ 2Sam 10:6; 2Sam 10:8 (elsewhere ‎צוֺבָה‎), ‎אֲרַם צוֺבָה‎ Ps 60:2* (title); ‎׳‎‎הֲדַדְעֶזֶר מֶלֶךְ צ‎ 2Sam 8:3; 2Sam 8:5; 2Sam 8:12 = 1Chr 18:3; 1Chr 18:5; 1Kgs 11:23; 1Chr 18:9 ‎׳‎‎צ‎ also 1Chr 19:6 ‎׳‎‎חֲמַת צ‎ 2Chr 8:3 original home of one of David's heroes 2Sam 23:36 (perhaps read also for proper name, masculine ‎מִבְחָר‎ || 1Chr 11:38, compare Dr); ‎׳‎‎מַלְכֵי צ‎ 1Sam 14:47 (only here in Saul's time); Nö^{ARAM, in Ency. Bib., compare ZMG xxv (1871), 113 ff.} places between Hamath and Demascus (about „ums, Emesa), and so Dl^{Pa 279 f.}, who compare Assyrian city ‚ubitu, compare Schr^{COT. 2Sam 8:8}.

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