SHOBAL shō’ bəl (שׁﯴבָ֖ל). 1. A “son” of Seir the Horite, and a clan chief of the native Horite inhabitants of Edom (Gen 36:20, 23, 29; 1 Chron 1:38, 40).

2. Ancestor of a Calebite family in the tribe of Judah, and the ancestor of the inhabitants of Kiriath-jearim (1 Chron 2:50, 52; 4:1, 2). The name may be connected with 1.