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title: אוּרִיָּה — Uriah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אוּרִיָּה (223), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 36 times: Uriah. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אוּרִיָּה

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«אוּרִיָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Uriah** — 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:** 36 times · **Key:** 223 · **BDB:** אוּרִיָּה

### Glosses

Uriah (27); of.Uriah (9)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Uriah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/223/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/223/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (flame of Yah or my light is Yah v. יָהּ). Hittite husband of Bathsheba 2 S 11:3f; 23:39. priest in reign of Ahaz Is 8:2 2 K 16:10f. priest in time of Nehemiah Ezr 8:33 Ne 3:4, 21; 8:4.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (9 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אוּרִיָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/223/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 11:41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.11.41/)

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אֽוּרִיָּה֙ הַחִתִּ֔י זָבָ֖ד בֶּן־אַחְלָֽי׃ס

*Word for word:* Uriah the Hittite Zabad the.son of.Ahlai

*JPS 1917:* Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai;

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[2 Samuel 23:39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.23.39/)

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אֽוּרִיָּה֙ הַֽחִתִּ֔י כֹּ֖ל שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים וְשִׁבְעָֽה׃פ

*Word for word:* Uriah the Hittite all \[were\].thirty and seven

*JPS 1917:* Uriah the Hittite. Thirty and seven in all.

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