שֶׁנְהַבִּים
shen.hab.bim
“ivory”
Definition
probably, tooth of elephants, i.e. ivory tusk
from H8127 (שֵׁן) and the plural apparently of a foreign word;
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
שֶׁנְהַבִּים appears 2 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
For the king had the ships of Tarshish at sea with Hiram’s fleet, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
For the king had the ships of Tarshish that went with Hiram’s servants, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
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