Sabta, Sabtah
Sabta, Sabtah
SABTA, SABTAH.In the genealogical list of Gen 10:7 a son of Cush, named between Havilah and other Arabian districts. It was probably a region on or near the east coast of Arabia, but in spite of several conjectures it has not been identified with any historical tribe or country. The relationship with Cush is to be accounted for on the ground that the Cushites were held to have extended across the Red Sea from Nubia north-eastward over the great peninsula.
J. F. McCurdy.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Sabta, Sabtah
sabta (, sabhta’, , sabhtah): Third son of Cush (Gen 10:7 = 1Ch 1:9). A place Sabta is probably to be looked for in South Arabia. Arab geographers give no exact equivalent of the name. Al Bekri (i. 65) quotes a line of early poetry in which Dhu ‘l Sabta is mentioned, and the context might indicate a situation in Yemamah; but the word is possibly not a proper name. It is usually identified with Saubatha (Ptol., vi. 7, 38) or with the Sabota of Pliny (vi. 32; xii. 32), an old mercantile city in South Arabia celebrated for its trade in frankincense and, according to Ptolemy, possessing 60 temples. It is said also to have been the territory of a king Elisarus, whose name presents a striking resemblance to Dhu ‘l-Adhar, one of the Tubbas or Himyarite kings of Yemen. Another conjecture is the Saphtha of Ptolemy (vi. 7, 30) near the Arabian shore of the Persian Gulf.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Sabta, Sabtah
[Sab’ta] [Sab’tah]
Third son of Cush. Gen 10:7; 1Ch 1:9. Where he was located is not known.