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title: אֲחִיקָם — Ahikam · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֲחִיקָם (296), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 20 times: Ahikam. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֲחִיקָם

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«אֲחִיקָם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Ahikam** — 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:** 20 times · **Key:** 296 · **BDB:** אֲחִיקָם

### Glosses

of.Ahikam (17); Ahikam (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Ahikam [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/296/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/296/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (my brother has arisen) son of Shaphan, Josiah’s time 2 K 22:12, 14 2 Ch 34:20; protector of Jerem. Je 26:24; father of Gedaliah 2 K 25:22 Je 39:14; 40:5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 14, 16; 41:1, 2, 6, 10, 16, 18; 43:6.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 20 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 «אֲחִיקָם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/296/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 26:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.26.24/)

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אַ֗ךְ יַ֚ד אֲחִיקָ֣ם בֶּן־שָׁפָ֔ן הָיְתָ֖ה אֶֽת־יִרְמְיָ֑הוּ לְבִלְתִּ֛י תֵּת־אֹת֥וֹ בְיַד־הָעָ֖ם לַהֲמִיתֽוֹ׃פ

*Word for word:* nevertheless the.hand of.Ahikam the.son of.Shaphan it.was with Jeremiah to not to.give him in the.hand of the.people to put him.to.death

*JPS 1917:* Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, that they should not give him into the hand of the people to put him to death.

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[Jeremiah 40:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.40.16/)

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וַיֹּ֨אמֶר גְּדַלְיָ֤הוּ בֶן־אֲחִיקָם֙ אֶל־יוֹחָנָ֣ן בֶּן־קָרֵ֔חַ אַֽל־תַּעֲשֵׂ֖ה אֶת־הַדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֑ה כִּֽי־שֶׁ֛קֶר אַתָּ֥ה דֹבֵ֖ר אֶל־יִשְׁמָעֵֽאל׃ס

*Word for word:* and he.said Gedaliah the.son of.Ahikam to Johanan the.son of.Kareah do.not do (et) the thing (the) this (dm) falsehood you \[are\].speaking concerning Ishmael

*JPS 1917:* But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said unto Johanan the son of Kareah: 'Thou shalt not do this thing; for thou speakest falsely of Ishmael.'

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