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  "type": "word",
  "id": "H4648",
  "lemma": "מְפִיבֹשֶׁת",
  "transliteration": "Mᵉphîybôsheth",
  "definition": "Mephibosheth, the name of two Israelites",
  "kjv": "Mephibosheth.",
  "occurrences": 17,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H6284",
      "lemma": "פָּאָה",
      "transliteration": "pâʼâh",
      "meaning": "to puff, i.e. blow away",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H6284"
    },
    {
      "id": "H1322",
      "lemma": "בֹּשֶׁת",
      "transliteration": "bôsheth",
      "meaning": "shame",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H1322"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "מְרִיב בַּ֫עַל n.pr.m. (Baal is (our, my, his) advocate (?))",
    "1. son of Jonathan",
    "2. son of Saul and Riṣpah"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 4:4",
      "text": "Now Jonathan, Saul’s son, had a son who was lame in his feet. He was five years old when the news came about Saul and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/4?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 9:6",
      "text": "Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, fell on his face, and showed respect. David said…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/9?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 9:10",
      "text": "Till the land for him—you, your sons, and your servants. Bring in the harvest, that your master’s son may have bread to…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/9?v=10"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 9:11",
      "text": "Then Ziba said to the king, “According to all that my lord the king commands his servant, so your servant will do.” So…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/9?v=11"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 9:12",
      "text": "Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Mica. All who lived in Ziba’s house were servants to Mephibosheth.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/9?v=12"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 9:13",
      "text": "So Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, for he ate continually at the king’s table. He was lame in both his feet.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/9?v=13"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 16:1",
      "text": "When David was a little past the top, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him with a couple of donkeys…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/16?v=1"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 16:4",
      "text": "Then the king said to Ziba, “Behold, all that belongs to Mephibosheth is yours.” Ziba said, “I bow down. Let me find…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/16?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 19:25",
      "text": "Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king; and he had neither groomed his feet, nor trimmed his beard…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/19?v=25"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 19:26",
      "text": "When he had come to Jerusalem to meet the king, the king said to him, “Why didn’t you go with me, Mephibosheth?”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/19?v=26"
    }
  ],
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