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יוֹאָב — Brown–Driver–Briggs | Berean Institutes

Brown–Driver–Briggs: יוֹאָב

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יוֹאָב

yôʾāb

Joab

יוֹאָב n.pr.m. (י׳ is father)

1. David’s sister’s son & captain of host

2. a descendant of Judah

3. a family-name after exile

Brown–Driver–Briggs — CC-BY-4.0

Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) Hebrew Lexicon, openscriptures/HebrewLexicon, CC BY 4.0. Curated by Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project.