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gabbay גַּבַּי ‘Gabbai’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from the same as gav גַּב ‘back/rim/brow’
Roots: גב

gabbay pr n m pers
Gabbai = "my back"
1) the head of an important Benjamite family living in Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah

Mentioned in Nehemiah 11:8

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