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Meaning, origin and etymology of the name Nebaioth


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Nebaioth Nebaioth

Nebaioth is the first-born son of Ishmael. Isaiah mentioned him, together with Kedar, among the tribes that will be gathered up for the Kingdom (60:7).

It's not clear what the name Nebaioth might mean, or where it comes from. Jones insists that it the plural of an unused root nabhah (nabhah), to be high, and reads High Places (and refers to the name Ishbi-benob).
BDB seems to suggests that our name was originally spelled with a teth instead of a taw, and has to do with nabat (nabat 1282), look, regard (see the name Nebat).
Perhaps the unused root that means to be high and the verb that means to look have something to do with each other and Nebaoith means Visions or rather Scopes.

Other words of interest are naba (naba 1277), prophesy; nabi (nabi 1277a), speaker, prophet; nebua (nebua 1277b), prophecy.

There may even be relations with the names Nabu, Nabu and Nebo, Nebo, which are found in certain compound names such as Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar.



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