H1395 H1395
the Gibeathite - gentilicial denoting someone from Gibeah of Benjamin
This gentilicial adjective identifies someone as originating from Gibeah, the Benjamite city. Like other ethnic-geographic designations, it combines the place name with an adjectival suffix to denote membership or origin. The term appears in Chronicles' list of David's warriors, showing that despite Gibeah's association with Saul (David's rival) and its dark history, men from this city served in David's army. Such designations were crucial for identifying warriors by hometown in military rosters.
Senses
1. sense 1 — 1 Chronicles 12:3 mentions warriors 'Ahiezer and Joash the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite.' These Benjamites joined David at Ziklag, defecting from Saul despite being from his hometown. The gentilicial form with article emphasizes their known geographic-tribal identity. French and German preserve the Hebrew form in brackets, while English and Spanish transliterate (the-Gibeathite, el-guibeatita). 1×
AR["الجِبْعَاتِي"]·ben["গিবিয়াথীয়"]·DE["[הגבעתי]"]·EN["the-Gibeathite"]·FR["[הגבעתי]"]·heb["ה-גבעתי"]·HI["गिब्आती"]·ID["orang-Gibea"]·IT["[הגבעתי]"]·jav["tiyang-Gibéa"]·KO["그-기브아-사람-의"]·PT["o-givatita"]·RU["гиватитянина"]·ES["el-guibeatita"]·SW["Mgibeathi"]·TR["Givalı"]·urd["جبعاتی"]
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
† גִּבְעָתִי adj.gent. of גִּבְעָה of Benjamin (?) 1 Ch 12:3.