a-has´bı̄ (×חסבּי, 'ahÌ£asÌ£bay, “bloomingâ€): The father of Eliphelet, a Maacathite, a soldier in David's army (). He was either a native of Abel-beth-maacah () or, more probably, of Maacah in Syria (). The list in , gives different names entirely. Here we have Ur and Hepher, which simply show that the text is corrupt in one or both places.