H2578 H2578
Hamath-zobah; region combining Hamath and Zobah territories
This compound place name appears only in 2 Chronicles 8:3, where Solomon conducts a campaign against Hamath-zobah. The name combines two important Aramaean regions: Hamath (a major city-state on the Orontes River) and Zobah (an Aramaean kingdom David had previously defeated). The dual reference may indicate either a combined territory or Hamath's expansion into Zobah's former lands.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Found exclusively in 2 Chronicles 8:3, describing Solomon's military action. BDB's note suggests this represents Hamath's absorption of Zobah's territory after David's earlier conquests. The reference appears twice because the verse contains both 'Hamath' and 'Zobah' as components of the compound name. 2×
AR["حَماةَ", "صوبَةَ"]·ben["সোবায়", "হমাত"]·DE["Hamat", "[צובה]"]·EN["Chamat", "Tsovah"]·FR["Hamath", "[צובה]"]·heb["חמת", "צובה"]·HI["सोबा", "हमात"]·ID["Hamat", "Zoba"]·IT["Hamat", "[צובה]"]·jav["Hamat-", "Zoba"]·KO["소바-로", "하맛"]·PT["Chamat", "Tsovah"]·RU["Хамат", "Цова"]·ES["Hamat", "Soba"]·SW["Hamath", "Soba"]·TR["Hamat", "Sova'ya"]·urd["حمات", "صوباہ"]
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
† צוֹבָא, צוֹבָה n.pr.terr. Σουβα, rarely Σωβα(λ): an Aramaean kingdom, time of (Saul and) David אֲרַם צוֹבָא 2 S 10:6, 8 (elsewhere צוֹבָה), אֲרַם צוֹבָה ψ 60:2 (title); הֲדַדְעֶזֶר מֶלֶךְ צ׳ 2 S 8:3, 5, 12 = 1 Ch 18:3, 5; 1 K 11:23; 1 Ch 18:9; צ׳ also 19:6; חֲמַת צ׳ 2 Ch 8:3; orig. home of one of David’s heroes 2 S 23:36 (perhaps read also for n.pr.m. מִבְחָר ‖ 1 Ch 11:38, cf. Dr); מַלְכֵי צ׳ 1…