mᵊfīvōšet מְפִיבֹשֶׁת ‘Mephibosheth’ (Hebrew)
Etymology?:
probably from pāʾā פָּאָה ‘to cleave’ and bōšet בֹּ֫שֶׁת ‘shame’
Roots:
פאה
בושׁת
mᵊfīvōšet pr n m pers
Mephibosheth = "exterminating the idol"
1) grandson of Saul and son of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, Saul's concubine; he and his brother Armoni were among the 7 victims surrendered by David to the Gibeonites to avert a famine
2) son of Jonathan and grandson of Saul
2a) also 'Merib-baal'