Every Name in Tanakh

חֹבָב Hobab

Every verse in which this name stands — 2 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.

PersonGematria 12×2 named in TanakhFirst appearance:

Father-in-law of Moses. The name stands twice in the Tanakh, first at Numbers 10:29 and last at Judges 4:11.

Numbers 10:29במדבר י:כט

וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה לְחֹבָב בֶּן־רְעוּאֵל הַמִּדְיָנִי חֹתֵן מֹשֶׁה נֹסְעִים אֲנַחְנוּ אֶל־הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר אָמַר יְהוָה אֹתוֹ אֶתֵּן לָכֶם לְכָה אִתָּנוּ וְהֵטַבְנוּ לָךְ כִּֽי־יְהוָה דִּבֶּר־טוֹב עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses’father-in-law: ‘We are journeying unto the place of which the LORD said: I will give it you; come thou with us, and we will do thee good; for the LORD hath spoken good concerning Israel.’

Judges 4:11שופטים ד:יא

וְחֶבֶר הַקֵּינִי נִפְרָד מִקַּיִן מִבְּנֵי חֹבָב חֹתֵן מֹשֶׁה וַיֵּט אָהֳלוֹ עַד־אֵלוֹן בצענים אֲשֶׁר אֶת־קֶֽדֶשׁ

Now Heber the Kenite had severed himself from the Kenites, even from the children of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent as far as Elon-bezaanannim, which is by Kedesh.

Quick answers

What is the gematria of Hobab?

Hobab — חבב in Hebrew — has a gematria of 12 in the standard method.

How many times is Hobab named in the Tanakh?

2 times, first at Numbers 10:29.

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