Zabbai = “pure” 1) a descendant of Bebai who took a foreign wife in the days of Ezra 2) father of Baruch, who assisted Nehemiah in rebuilding the city wall Part of Speech: noun proper masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: probably by orthographical error for H2140
Brown-Driver-Briggs
זַבַּיproper name, masculine (Palmyrene זבי VogNo. 28 (but this perhaps = loricatus, compare lorica) **on Palmyrene זבי (probably abbreviated from ... זבד), see Lzb265 Cooke273, 291; connection with above √ uncertain) — Jew in Ezra's time Ezra 10:28; ᵐ5Ζαβου(θ); compare also Nehemiah 3:20 Kt (ᵐ5Ζαβου etc., but Qr זַכַּי; see זַכָּ֑יEzra 2:9 = Nehemiah 7:14).
Nehemiah 3:20 HEB:[זַבַּי כ] (זַכַּ֖י ק) מִדָּ֣ה NAS: the son of Zabbai zealously KJV: the son of Zabbai earnestly INT: Baruch the son Zabbai section another