1. Zobah (proper noun, Aramean city-state) — The proper noun Tsovah/Zobah, designating an Aramean city-state in the Beqaa Valley region of Syria, frequently mentioned in accounts of David's wars (1 Sam 14:47, 2 Sam 8:3-12, 10:6-8, 1 Kgs 11:23-24, 1 Chr 18:3-9, 2 Chr 8:3). S129677 covers the bare and conjunctive nominal forms ('Zobah') while S129678 adds the preposition min ('from Zobah'). All translations point to the same geographical referent: eng 'Zobah', spa 'Soba/Tsoba', hin सोबाह, arb صُوبَة, kor 소바, swa 'Soba'. The prepositional prefix creates no new semantic sense. 12×
AR["صوبا","صوبَةَ","صُوبَة","صُوبَةَ","مِنْ-صُوبَةَ","وَ-مِنْ-صُوبَةَ"]·ben["ও-সোবা","রুপা","সোবা-এর","সোবা-থেকে","সোবার"]·DE["Tsovah","Tzovah","Zobah","[ומצובה]","[צובה]","von-Zobah"]·EN["Tsovah","Tzovah","Zobah","and-from-Zobah","from-Zobah"]·FR["Tsovah","Tzovah","Zobah","[ומצובה]","[צובה]","de-Zobah"]·heb["ו-מ-צובה","מ-צובה","צובא","צובה"]·HI["और-सोबाह-से","सोबाह-का","सोबाह-के","सोबाह-से"]·ID["Zoba","dan-Zoba","dari-Zoba"]·IT["Tsovah","Tzovah","Zobah","[ומצובה]","[צובה]","da-Zobah"]·jav["Zoba","lan-saking-Zoba","saking-Zoba"]·KO["-에서-소바","그리고-에서-소바","소바","소바의"]·PT["Tsovah","Tzova","de-Tsovah","e-Tsová"]·RU["Цовы","и-из-Цовы","из-Цовы"]·ES["Soba","Tsobá","de-Tsova","y-de-Tsoba"]·SW["Soba","kutoka-Soba","na-Soba","wa-Soba"]·TR["Tsova","Tsova'dan","Tsova'nın","Tsova-nın","ve-Tsova'dan"]·urd["اور-صوبہ-سے","صوبہ","صوبہ-سے","صوبہ-کے","صوبہ-کے۔"]
Senses
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…