H6380 H6380
Pochereth-hazzebaim; ancestral name meaning 'binder of gazelles,' head of a post-exilic family
A compound personal name meaning 'binder (or catcher) of the gazelles,' designating the head of a post-exilic family group. The name appears in the lists of Solomon's servants' descendants who returned from Babylonian exile. Ezra 2:57 and Nehemiah 7:59 both record 'sons of Pochereth-hazzebaim' among the returning temple servants. The name's first element (Pochereth) is Aramaic, suggesting a feminine form denoting an office or occupation, while 'hazzebaim' means 'the gazelles.' This may indicate an ancestral occupation—professional hunters or catchers of gazelles—or a symbolic/metaphorical designation. The LXX struggles with the name, offering varied transliterations that split or combine the elements differently.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Ancestral name of a post-exilic family, meaning 'binder/catcher of gazelles.' Ezra 2:57 (twice) and Nehemiah 7:59 (twice) list 'sons of Pochereth-hazzebaim' among returning temple servants. The compound name (Aramaic + Hebrew) suggests occupational or symbolic origins, possibly indicating ancestors who hunted or trapped gazelles. The parallel texts (Ezra and Nehemiah) confirm the family's inclusion in the restoration community. 4×
AR["الصَّباييمِ", "الصُّبَايِيمَ", "فوكَرَتِ-", "فُوكِيرَتِ"]·ben["-হজ্বায়ীমের", "পোখেরতের", "পোখেরেতের", "হৎসেবায়ীমের"]·DE["[הצביים]", "[פכרת]"]·EN["Pochereth", "Pokheret", "ha-Tsevayim", "of-the-Zebaim"]·FR["[הצביים]", "[פכרת]"]·heb["הצביים", "פכרת"]·HI["-के", "के", "पोकेरेत-सबाईम-के", "पोकेरेत-हज़्ज़बायीम"]·ID["Hazebaim", "Pokheret", "Pokheret-"]·IT["[הצביים]", "[פכרת]"]·jav["Hazebaim", "Pokheret", "Pokheret-", "kang-Hazebaim"]·KO["그-하스바임", "보게렛", "보케렛의", "하썰바임의"]·PT["Pokeret", "ha-Tsevayim", "ha-Tzevaim"]·RU["Гаццеваим", "Гаццеваима", "Похерет-", "Похерета"]·ES["Pocaret", "Poqueret-", "de-Sebaim", "de-los-Hazebaim"]·SW["Hasebaimu", "Pokereti", "wa-Pokerethi"]·TR["Hatsebayimin", "Pokeret'in", "Pokeret-", "Tsevaim'in"]·urd["ال-ظبایم-کے", "صبییم-کے", "فوکرت", "فکرت"]
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
† פֹּכֶ֫רֶת הַצְּבָיִם n.pr.m. (bindress [Aramaic; perhaps binder (fem. of office)] of the gazelles);—head of post-exilic family, בְּנֵי פ׳ ה׳ Ezr 2:57 = Ne 7:59 (הַצְּבָיִים), υἱοὶ Φασραθ υἱοὶ Ασεβωειν (Φακαραθ, Σαβαειμ, etc.).