Hebrew word · H2812

חֲשַׁבְנָה

chashavnah

Hashabnah

Found only here. The root ḥ-š-b means 'to reckon, count, consider, plan, credit to someone's account'. The name is usually explained as a shortened form of Ḥăšabnəyâ (Hashabneiah, 'Yah has reckoned/taken account').

Appears once in the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.10.25

§ Hashabnah = "Jehovah has considered"

one of the chiefs of the people who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

In depth

From the study of Nehemiah 10:25

Range of meaning

Found only here. The root ḥ-š-b means 'to reckon, count, consider, plan, credit to someone's account'. The name is usually explained as a shortened form of Ḥăšabnəyâ (Hashabneiah, 'Yah has reckoned/taken account'). Lexicons such as BDB and HALOT note the link, but the exact meaning of the ending -nâ is uncertain.

Against the English

English versions transliterate the name. The Greek and Latin translations spell it in slightly different ways (see textual notes).

Used elsewhere in the period

Related names include Hashabiah (very common among Levites in Ezra–Nehemiah), Hashabneiah (Neh 3:10; 9:5), and Hashub/Hasshub (Neh 3:11, 23; 10:23).

Similar words

Where it appears

Nehemiah · 1

  1. Nehemiah 10:25 חֲשַׁבְנָ֖ה Hashabnah

    Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,

    Here: A lay leader named nowhere else in the Bible. The root ḥ-š-b means 'to reckon, take account of, think about'. The name is probably a shortened form of Hashabneiah (Neh 3:10; 9:5), which means roughly '[Yah] has taken account [of me]'. The exact shape of the name is uncertain.

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