ʾăvīšay אֲבִישַׁי ‘Abishai’ (Hebrew)

Etymology^?: from ʾāv אָב ‘father’ and šay שַׁי ‘gift’
Roots: אב שׁי

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Abishai = "my father is Jesse" or "my father is a gift"
1) grandson of Jesse, nephew of David via his sister Zeruiah, brother of Joab