חֹבָב
chovav · Hobab
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H2246 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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chovav (חֹבָב) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Hobab”.
A relative of Moses by his wife, son of Reuel the Midianite. The name means "beloved."
How to say it
cho·vav
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
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Where it appears
- Numbers 10:29
And Moses said to Hobab son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses’ father-in-law, “We are setting out for the place of which YHWH said, ‘I will give it to you.’ Come with us, and we will do you good, for YHWH has spoken good concerning Israel.”
- Judges 4:11
Now Heber the Kenite had separated from the Kenites, from the sons of Hobab, the father-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent as far as the oak in Zaanannim, which is near Kedesh.