The word uashan (𐤅𐤔𐤍) means “and two” meaning and a cardinal number, 1 plus 1. It could also be an error for the word 𐤉𐤔𐤍 (yashan) which means old.

However, it can be a mistake that was made when translating the scriptures. In 𐤀 𐤔𐤌𐤅𐤀𐤋 (1 Shamaual) 8:2; we read, “Now the name of his (Samuel’s) first-born was Joel; and the name of his second Abiah.”

In 𐤀 𐤃𐤁𐤓𐤉־𐤄𐤉𐤌𐤉𐤌 (1 Dabaray Hayamayam) 6:28, the word 𐤉𐤅𐤀𐤋 (Yauaal) is lost out of the text in this place, and “ושני (vesheni)”, which signifies “and the second”, and which refers to Abiah, is made here into a proper name.

The Septuagint, Vulgate, and Chaldee, copy this blunder; but the Syriac and Arabic read as in 1 Samuel 8:2. The MSS have all copied the corrupted Hebrew in this place.

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