Lexical Definition

‎שֶׁנְהַבִּים‎ shenhabbîym (shen-hab-beem') ivory ^H:N-M
from ‎שֵׁן‎ and the plural apparently of a foreign word

ivory.

• probably, tooth of elephants, i.e. ivory tusk

1) ivory

See Greek: ἐλεφάντινος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎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 Schr^{ZMG xxvii (1873), 709} COT^{1 Kings}, compare ᵐ5 (2 Chronicles, and A in 1 Kings) ὀδόντων ἐλεφαντίνων, ᵑ9 (in 1 Kings) dentes elephantorum, ᵑ7; but this very dubious; < read Rö^Thes Th Be Che^{EB 1154} ‎שֵׁן (וְ)הָבְנִים‎ ivory (and) ebony (Ezek 27:15).

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