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title: אֲחַזְיָה — Ahaziah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֲחַזְיָה (274), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: Ahaziah. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֲחַזְיָה

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«אֲחַזְיָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Ahaziah** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** 274 · **BDB:** אֲחַזְיָ֫הוּ

### Glosses

Ahaziah (5); O.Ahaziah (1); of.Ahaziah (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Ahaziah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/274/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/274/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (Yah(u) hath grasped; 𝔊 Ὀχοζ(ε)ιας 1 K 22:52 etc., cf. LagBN 53) king of Isr., son of Ahab 1 K 22:40, 50, 52 2 K 1:18 2 Ch 20:37 (אֲחַזְיָהוּ); + 2 K 1:2 2 Ch 20:35 (אֲחַזְיָה). king of Judah, son of Joram 2 K 8:24, 25; 9:21; 10:13; 11:1; 12:19; 13:1; 14:13 1 Ch 3:11 2 Ch 22:1 + 2 K 1 Ch (all אֲחַזְיָהוּ); 2 K 9:16, 23, 27, 29; 11:2 (אֲחַזְיָה). אַחְזַי a priest Ne 11:13 (for which יַחְזֵרָה 1 Ch 9:12 v. SmListen, Tafel). cf. Arabic احّ viii, + إِخّ = adopt, hence perhaps י׳ hath adopted.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֲחַזְיָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/274/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Kings 9:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.9.23/)

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וַיַּהֲפֹ֧ךְ יְהוֹרָ֛ם יָדָ֖יו וַיָּנֹ֑ס וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אֶל־אֲחַזְיָ֖הוּ מִרְמָ֥ה אֲחַזְיָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.turned.around Jehoram hands his and he.fled and he.said to Ahaziah treachery O.Ahaziah

*JPS 1917:* And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah: 'There is treachery, O Ahaziah.'

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[2 Kings 9:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.9.29/)

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וּבִשְׁנַת֙ אַחַ֣ת עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה שָׁנָ֔ה לְיוֹרָ֖ם בֶּן־אַחְאָ֑ב מָלַ֥ךְ אֲחַזְיָ֖ה עַל־יְהוּדָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and in year one.plus ten year of Joram the.son of.Ahab he.had.become.king Ahaziah over Judah

*JPS 1917:* And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah.

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