H0229 H0229
Ezbai — father of Naarai, one of David's warriors
Ezbai appears in 1 Chronicles 11:37 as the father of Naarai, one of David's mighty men. The name's meaning is uncertain. This genealogical note serves to identify Naarai within the honored roll of David's elite fighters. The parallel passage in 2 Samuel 23:35 reads differently ('Paarai the Arbite'), suggesting textual variation or distinct individuals. Such discrepancies remind us of the complex transmission history behind biblical genealogies.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Personal name of uncertain etymology, identified as the father of Naarai (one of David's warriors). Translations uniformly transliterate 'Ezbai' (English, Spanish), preserving the Hebrew without semantic rendering. The single reference in 1 Chronicles 11:37 functions genealogically, anchoring a hero's identity in his father's name. The parallel in 2 Samuel suggests textual complexity, but Ezbai remains the Chronicler's preserved form. 1×
AR["أَزْبَاي"]·ben["ইষ্বয়ের"]·DE["[אזבי]"]·EN["Ezbai"]·FR["[אזבי]"]·heb["אזבי"]·HI["एजबै"]·ID["Ezbai"]·IT["[אזבי]"]·jav["Èzbai"]·KO["에즈바이"]·PT["Ezbay"]·RU["Эзбая"]·ES["Ezbai"]·SW["Ezbai"]·TR["Ezbay'ın"]·urd["ازبائی-کا"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† אֶזְבָּ֑י n.pr.m. father of one of David’s men 1 Ch 11:37 (where בֶּן־אֶזְבָּ֑י = הָאַרְבִּי 2 S 23:35).