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Help[Facts] Nebai?
So I have this friend with the totally wicked name in the subject line. I looked it up here and found nada. But she did mention that her mom had seen it somewhere in the Bible and liked it. The link I've pasted is a search on the verses containing her name. But beyond that, that's all I know...and I'd Google it, but you never know what sources are even credible. So I thought I might ask a few experts. What language is it? What does it mean, or with what is it associated? Who is this Nebai in the Bible?
The verses: http://www.biblegateway.com/quicksearch/?quicksearch=nebai&qs_version=NIV
The verses: http://www.biblegateway.com/quicksearch/?quicksearch=nebai&qs_version=NIV
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This name appears only once in the Bible, in a list of Israelite leaders. So there's no further information on Nebai. All that is known is that Nebai was a leader (and almost certainly male). The most commonly given etymology is Hebrew, "fruitful," but again, with a name this old and obscure, no one really knows.
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