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ševnāʾ שֶׁבְנָא ‘Shebna’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from an unused root meaning to grow

ševnāʾ pr n m pers
Shebna = "vigour"
1) a person of high position in the court of king Hezekiah of Judah; subsequently the secretary of Hezekiah

Mentioned in 2 Kings 18:26, 18:18, 18:37, 19:2 Isaiah 22:15, 36:11, 36:3, 36:22, 37:2

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