Lexical Definition

‎יוֹבָב‎ Yôwbâb (yo-bawb') Jobab ^N:N-M-P
from ‎יָבַב‎; howler

Jobab.

• § Jobab = "a desert"
• Jobab, the name of two Israelites and of three foreigners

1) the last in order of the sons of Joktan, a descendant of Shem
2) one of the kings of Edom
3) the king of Madon, located in northern Canaan, and one of the kings who opposed Joshua during the conquest and who were routed at Meron
4) head of a Benjamite house
5) another Benjamite

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎יוֺבָב‎ proper name, masculine (Sabean proper name ‎יהיבב‎ Glaser^{Skizze ii. 303 ff.}) —

1. 'son' of Yoktân Gen 10:29 = 1Chr 1:23, ᵐ5 Ιωβαβ.

2. a king in Edom Gen 36:33; Gen 36:34 = 1Chr 1:44; 1Chr 1:45, ᵐ5 Ιω(α)βαβ.

3. king of Madon (Northern Canaan) Josh 11:1, ᵐ5 Ιω(β)αβ.

4. Benjamites:
a. 1Chr 8:9, ᵐ5 Ιωβαβ.
b. 1Chr 8:18, ᵐ5 Ιω(β)αβ.

‎יְבוּס‎, ‎יְבוּסִי‎, ‎יְבֻסִי‎ see below ‎בוס‎ above‎יִבְחָר‎ see below ‎בחר‎ above‎יָבִין‎ see below ‎בין‎ above

Also see: יוֹבֵל | יוּבַל

‎יוֺבָב‎ proper name see ‎יבב‎; ‎יוֺבֵל‎, ‎יוּבַל‎ see ‎יבל‎.

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