H8143

H8143 — שֶׁנהַבִּים

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewshenhabbiymnoun mascOccurrences: 2TWOT: 2422c

Definition / Gloss

shenhabbiym (shen-hab-beem') n-m. 1. probably, tooth of elephants, i.e. ivory tusk [from H8127 and the plural apparently of a foreign word] KJV: ivory. Root(s): H8127

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H8127

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TWOT: 2422c

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KJV Renderings

ivory.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

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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).