שֹׁבַי Shobai
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.
An Israelite. The name stands twice in the Tanakh, first at Ezra 2:42 and last at Nehemiah 7:45.
בְּנֵי הַשֹּֽׁעֲרִים בְּנֵי־שַׁלּוּם בְּנֵֽי־אָטֵר בְּנֵי־טַלְמוֹן בְּנֵי־עַקּוּב בְּנֵי חֲטִיטָא בְּנֵי שֹׁבָי הַכֹּל מֵאָה שְׁלֹשִׁים וְתִשְׁעָֽה
The children of the porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, in all a hundred thirty and nine.
הַשֹּֽׁעֲרִים בְּנֵֽי־שַׁלּוּם בְּנֵֽי־אָטֵר בְּנֵֽי־טַלְמֹן בְּנֵֽי־עַקּוּב בְּנֵי חֲטִיטָא בְּנֵי שֹׁבָי מֵאָה שְׁלֹשִׁים וּשְׁמֹנָֽה
The porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, a hundred thirty and eight.
Quick answers
What is the gematria of Shobai?
Shobai — שבי in Hebrew — has a gematria of 312 in the standard method.
How many times is Shobai named in the Tanakh?
2 times, first at Ezra 2:42.
A spelling is not a name. The written word שבי stands 20 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell another name or an ordinary word, and a name written with a particle attached is a word that search never returns. It is here, as itself.
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