Bible Dictionary
JASHUBI-LEHEM
Jashubi-lehem is a difficult name in 1 Chronicles 4:22. Some interpreters insert a word and understand the phrase to mean “returned to Bethlehem.”
Definition
Jashubi-lehem is a difficult name or phrase in 1 Chronicles 4:22. Some commentators insert the word beth between the two parts and translate it, “and returned to Bethlehem.”
Biblical Usage
The expression occurs in a genealogical or historical passage in Chronicles, but its precise grammatical and textual meaning is uncertain.
Historical Background
The proposed interpretation depends on inserting a word not represented in the supplied form of the text. No settled identification of Jashubi-lehem is given.
Historical Bible Dictionaries
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>ja-shoo-bi-le'-hem (yashubhi-lechem): A name in 1Ch 4:22 where commentators insert beth, between the two words and translate "(and) returned to Bethlehem."</p>