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Nob — a priestly city in Benjamin near Jerusalem, site of David's flight to Ahimelech and the subsequent massacre.
A proper noun designating Nob, a priestly city in the territory of Benjamin, located near Jerusalem. It is most famous as the place where David fled to Ahimelech the priest, received the showbread and Goliath's sword (1 Sam 21:1-9), and whose priests Saul subsequently massacred in retaliation (1 Sam 22:9-19). Isaiah 10:32 places it on the route of an Assyrian advance toward Jerusalem, and Nehemiah 11:32 lists it among Benjaminite settlements repopulated after the exile. The exact site remains debated, with Jerome identifying it near Lydda, though most scholars place it on the Mount of Olives ridge with a clear view of Jerusalem.
Senses
1. Nob (proper name, city) — The city of Nob, a priestly settlement near Jerusalem associated above all with the tragic episode of David and Ahimelech. Saul's destruction of its priests (1 Sam 22:19) made it a byword for royal overreach against the priesthood. Isaiah 10:32 envisions it as the final staging point before an assault on Jerusalem, confirming its proximity to the capital. Spanish and English both render it simply as 'Nob,' while the prepositional forms (en-Nob, at-Nob) reflect the locative usage dominant in the corpus. 6×
AR["فِي-نُوب", "فِي-نُوبَ", "نُوب", "نُوبَ"]·ben["নোব", "নোবকে", "নোবে"]·DE["Nob", "[בנב]", "[נב]", "in-Nob"]·EN["Nob", "Nov", "at-Nob", "in-Nob"]·FR["Nob", "[בנב]", "[נב]", "dans-Nob"]·heb["ב-נוב", "נב", "נוב", "נובה"]·HI["नोब", "नोब-में", "नोब-मेइन"]·ID["Nob", "di-Nob", "ke-Nob"]·IT["Nob", "[בנב]", "[נב]", "in-Nob"]·jav["Nob", "ing-Nob"]·KO["노브", "논-에서", "놉에", "놉에-있는", "놉을"]·PT["Nov", "em-Nov"]·RU["Нов", "в-Нов", "в-Нове"]·ES["Nob", "en-Nob", "en-Nov"]·SW["Nobu", "katika-Nobu"]·TR["-de-Nov", "Nov", "Nov'a", "Nov'da", "Nov'u", "Nov-a"]·urd["نوب", "نوب-میں"]
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
† נֹב n.pr.loc. 1. ancient priestly city 1 S 22:19 cf. v 11 c. ה loc. נֹ֫בֶה (Ges§ 90, 2 ad fin.), 21:2; 22:9; 𝔊 Νομβα, Νομμα, Νοβα, etc.; perhaps = נְבוֹ (q.v.) Ezr 2:29 = Ne 7:33, Ezr 10:43, 𝔊 Ναβον, Ναβια, etc. Site dub.; on Jerome’s identif. with Nobe near Lydda cf. BuhlGeogr. 189; a Bēt Nūbā lies c. 13 m. WNW. from Jerus., c. 10 SE. from Lydda. 2. Is 10:32 just N. of Jerus., station in…