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yaʿbēṣ יַעְבֵּץ ‘Jabez’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from an unused root probably meaning to grieve

yaʿbēṣ pr n m pers + pr n loc
Jabez = "sorrow"
n pr m
1) the head of a Calebite family
n pr loc
2) a town in Judah apparently near Bethlehem

Mentioned in 1 Chronicles 2:55, 4:9, 4:10

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