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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'

Mentioned in 2 Samuel 9:10, 9:11, 16:4, 19:31, 21:8, 9:13, 9:6, 4:4, 19:26, 19:25, 9:12, 16:1

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