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title: גְּדַלְיָה — Gedaliah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גְּדַלְיָה (1436), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: Gedaliah. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גְּדַלְיָה

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«גְּדַלְיָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Gedaliah** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 6 times · **Key:** 1436 · **BDB:** גְּדַלְיָה

### Glosses

Gedaliah (5); of.Gedaliah (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Gedaliah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1436/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1436/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (Yah is great)— governor of Judea appointed by Nebuchadnezzar Je 40:5, 8; 41:16. son of Amariah, a son of Hezekiah Zp 1:1. priest of the sons of Jeshua Ezr 10:18.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גְּדַלְיָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1436/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Zephaniah 1:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEP.1.1/)

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דְּבַר־יְהוָ֣ה ׀ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הָיָ֗ה אֶל־צְפַנְיָה֙ בֶּן־כּוּשִׁ֣י בֶן־גְּדַלְיָ֔ה בֶּן־אֲמַרְיָ֖ה בֶּן־חִזְקִיָּ֑ה בִּימֵ֛י יֹאשִׁיָּ֥הוּ בֶן־אָמ֖וֹן מֶ֥לֶךְ יְהוּדָֽה׃

*Word for word:* the.word of.Yahweh which it.came to Zephaniah the.son of.Cushi the.son of.Gedaliah the.son of.Amariah the.son of.Hezekiah in the.days of.Josiah the.son of.Amon the.king of.Judah

*JPS 1917:* THE WORD of the LORD which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.

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[Jeremiah 40:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.40.6/)

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וַיָּבֹ֧א יִרְמְיָ֛הוּ אֶל־גְּדַלְיָ֥ה בֶן־אֲחִיקָ֖ם הַמִּצְפָּ֑תָה וַיֵּ֤שֶׁב אִתּוֹ֙ בְּת֣וֹךְ הָעָ֔ם הַנִּשְׁאָרִ֖ים בָּאָֽרֶץ׃ס

*Word for word:* and he.went Jeremiah to Gedaliah the.son of.Ahikam to (the) Mizpah and he.remained with him among the people \[which\] remained in the land

*JPS 1917:* Then went Jeremiah unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah, and dwelt with him among the people that were left in the land.

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