H3580 H3580
Chezib, place in Judah where Shelah was born; same as Achzib
Chezib appears in Genesis 38:5 as the location where Judah's third son Shelah was born to his Canaanite wife. The Septuagint renders it Chasbi, and BDB identifies it with Achzib, a town in the Shephelah lowlands. This narrative detail situates Judah's family in Canaanite territory, emphasizing his assimilation and intermarriage during the pre-Egyptian period. The town's name became proverbial for deception (Micah 1:14 plays on 'Achzib' meaning 'deceptive'), though in Genesis it functions simply as a geographical marker.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Genesis 38:5 locates Shelah's birth 'in Chezib,' a Judahite town. The preposition 'in/at' marks the location of the event. Multilingual versions transliterate with slight variations: Spanish 'Keziv,' French 'Chezib,' English 'Chezib,' German 'Kesib.' Identified with Achzib in Joshua's boundary lists. The narrative situates Judah's family in Canaanite lowland territory during the patriarchal period, providing geographical specificity to the Tamar episode. 1×
AR["فِي-كَزِيب"]·ben["কিজীবে"]·DE["in-Kesib"]·EN["in-Chezib"]·FR["dans-Chezib"]·heb["ב-כזיב"]·HI["कजीब-में"]·ID["di-Kezib"]·IT["in-Chezib"]·jav["ing-Kezib"]·KO["가신에"]·PT["em-Keziv"]·RU["в-Кезиве"]·ES["en-Keziv"]·SW["Kezibu"]·TR["Keziv'de"]·urd["میں-کزیب"]
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
† כְּזִיב n.pr.loc. in plain of Judah Gn 38:5, 𝔊 Χασβι, = אַכְוִיב 1. v. infr.