צוֹבָא

צוֺבָא, צוֺבָה proper name, of a territory Σουβα, rarely Σωβα(λ): an Aramaean kingdom, time of (Saul and) David אֲרַם צוֺבָא 2 Sam 10,6; 2 Sam 10,8 (elsewhere צוֺבָה), אֲרַם צוֺבָה Sl 60,2 (title); ׳הֲדַדְעֶזֶר מֶלֶךְ צ 2 Sam 8,3; 2 Sam 8,5; 2 Sam 8,12 = 1 Kron 18,3; 1 Kron 18,5; 1 Kong 11,23; 1 Kron 18,9 ׳צ also 1 Kron 19,6 ׳חֲמַת צ 2 Kron 8,3 original home of one of David's heroes 2 Sam 23,36 (perhaps read also for proper name, masculine מִבְחָר || 1 Kron 11,38, compare Dr); ׳מַלְכֵי צ 1 Sam 14,47 (only here in Saul's time); Nö^{ARAM, in Ency. Bib., compare ZMG xxv (1871), 113 ff.} places between Hamath and Demascus (about „ums, Emesa), and so Dl^{Pa 279 f.}, who compare Assyrian city ‚ubitu, compare Schr^{COT. 2 Sam 8,8}.