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title: חֻלְדָּה — Huldah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֻלְדָּה (2468), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Huldah. BDB 1906: n.pr.f. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֻלְדָּה

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«חֻלְדָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Huldah** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 2468 · **BDB:** חֻלְדָּה

### Glosses

Huldah (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Huldah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2468/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.f. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2468/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.f. prophetess, Josiah’s time, 2 K 22:14 = 2 Ch 34:22, 𝔊 Ολδα.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֻלְדָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2468/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Chronicles 34:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.34.22/)

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וַיֵּ֨לֶךְ חִלְקִיָּ֜הוּ וַאֲשֶׁ֣ר הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ אֶל־חֻלְדָּ֨ה הַנְּבִיאָ֜ה אֵ֣שֶׁת ׀ שַׁלֻּ֣ם בֶּן־תָּקְהַ֗ת בֶּן־חַסְרָה֙ שׁוֹמֵ֣ר הַבְּגָדִ֔ים וְהִ֛יא יוֹשֶׁ֥בֶת בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם בַּמִּשְׁנֶ֑ה וַיְדַבְּר֥וּ אֵלֶ֖יהָ כָּזֹֽאת׃ס

*Word for word:* and he.went Hilkiah and.\[those\] whom the king to Huldah the prophetess the.wife of.Shallum the.son of.Tokhath the.son of.Hasrah the.keeper of the.garments and she \[was\].dwelling in Jerusalem in the.second district and they.spoke to her like this

*JPS 1917:* So Hilkiah, and they whom the king had commanded, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe — now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the second quarter — and they spoke to her to that effect.

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[2 Kings 22:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.22.14/)

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וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ חִלְקִיָּ֣הוּ הַ֠כֹּהֵן וַאֲחִיקָ֨ם וְעַכְבּ֜וֹר וְשָׁפָ֣ן וַעֲשָׂיָ֗ה אֶל־חֻלְדָּ֨ה הַנְּבִיאָ֜ה אֵ֣שֶׁת ׀ שַׁלֻּ֣ם בֶּן־תִּקְוָ֗ה בֶּן־חַרְחַס֙ שֹׁמֵ֣ר הַבְּגָדִ֔ים וְהִ֛יא יֹשֶׁ֥בֶת בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם בַּמִּשְׁנֶ֑ה וַֽיְדַבְּר֖וּ אֵלֶֽיהָ׃

*Word for word:* and he.went Hilkiah the priest and Ahikam and Achbor and Shaphan and Asaiah to Huldah the prophetess the.wife of.Shallum the.son of.Tikvah the.son of.Harhas \[the.one.who\].kept the garments and she \[was\].dwelling in Jerusalem in the.second district and they.spoke to her

*JPS 1917:* So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asaiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe — now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the second quarter — and they spoke with her.

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