This is the name of Hobab: Moses' brother-in-law, a Midianite.
Definition
from H2245; cherished; Chobab, father-in-law of Moses
Traditional renderings: Hobab.
Traditional renderings: Hobab.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
2 total
- Numbers 10:29לְ֠חֹבָב · to HobabThen Moses said to Hobab, the son of Moses’ father-in-law Reuel the Midianite, “We are setting out for the place of which the LORD said: ‘I will give it to you.’ Come with us, and we will treat you well, for the LORD has promised good things to Israel.”
- Judges 4:11חֹבָ֖ב · of HobabNow Heber the Kenite had moved away from the Kenites, the descendants of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent by the great tree of Zaanannim, which was near Kedesh.