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bēvay בֵּבַי ‘Bebai’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: probably of foreign derivation

bēvay pr n m pers
Bebai = "my cavities"
1) a leader of the returning exiles

Mentioned in Ezra 2:11, 8:11, 10:28 Nehemiah 7:16, 10:16

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