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title: דֹּדָוָהוּ — Dodavah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: דֹּדָוָהוּ (1735), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Dodavah. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# דֹּדָוָהוּ

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«דֹּדָוָהוּ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Dodavah** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 1735 · **BDB:** דּוֹדָוָהוּ

### Glosses

of.Dodavahu (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Dodavah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1735/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1735/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (דּוֹדִיָּהוּ, beloved of י׳, cf. NesEg 70) father of Eliezer 2 Ch 20:37.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (6 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «דֹּדָוָהוּ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1735/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Chronicles 20:37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.20.37/)

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וַיִּתְנַבֵּ֞א אֱלִיעֶ֤זֶר בֶּן־דֹּדָוָ֙הוּ֙ מִמָּ֣רֵשָׁ֔ה עַל־יְהוֹשָׁפָ֖ט לֵאמֹ֑ר כְּהִֽתְחַבֶּרְךָ֣ עִם־אֲחַזְיָ֗הוּ פָּרַ֤ץ יְהוָה֙ אֶֽת־מַעֲשֶׂ֔יךָ וַיִּשָּׁבְר֣וּ אֳנִיּ֔וֹת וְלֹ֥א עָצְר֖וּ לָלֶ֥כֶת אֶל־תַּרְשִֽׁישׁ׃

*Word for word:* and he.prophesied Eliezer the.son of.Dodavahu from Mareshah on Jehoshaphat (cmp) as you have.made.an.alliance with Ahaziah he.will.break Yahweh (et) works your and they.were.broken ships and not they.retained to go to Tarshish

*JPS 1917:* Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying: 'Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the LORD hath made a breach in thy works.' And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish.

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