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The bible doesn't mention his mother's name, and this one sounds strange to me. It must be part of some legend, like Anna is Jesus' Grandmother according to Catholic tradition.

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Google threw up this site, which at first sight seems to be reliable:
http://members.shaw.ca/jegure/sauldavidsolomon.htm

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It says what I thought: that the two names are in fact one. They sound pretty much alike anyway. I assume NAZBAT is misspelt and should be NATZBAT with a Tsadik as a second consonant, so the verbal root in both cases would be N-TZ-B (Nun-Tsadik-Bet). Even more so as I can't find a verbal root N-Z-B.

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The verb "natzav" means "to stand, take a stand" or "to be put". If this applies here, the name could mean something similar to Seth, which is translated: "God has put (another child instead)" (of one that died). (Salomo originally means something quite similar, the peace-thing was later - sorry Mike!)

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But there seems to be another meaning of the verb "natzav" and this is in Zach 11,16: "sound, healthy". The participle found here is "nitzavah", but "nitzevet" would just be an alternative form of this.

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Hope this didn't cause even more confusion.

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Andy ;—)