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title: יֹאשִׁיָּה — Josiah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יֹאשִׁיָּה (2977), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Josiah. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יֹאשִׁיָּה

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«יֹאשִׁיָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Josiah** — 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:** 2977 · **BDB:** יֹאשִׁיָּ֫הוּ

### Glosses

Josiah (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Josiah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/2977/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/2977/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (י׳ supporteth) יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ king of Judah, son of Amon 1 K 13:2 2 K 21:24, 26 + 11 times K, + 19 times Ch, + 17 times Je + Zp 1:1; also יֹאו֯שִׁיָּהוּ Je 27:1. יֹאשִׁיָּה a returned exile Zc 6:10.

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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, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יֹאשִׁיָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/2977/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Zechariah 6:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.6.10/)

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לָק֙וֹחַ֙ מֵאֵ֣ת הַגּוֹלָ֔ה מֵחֶלְדַּ֕י וּמֵאֵ֥ת טוֹבִיָּ֖ה וּמֵאֵ֣ת יְדַֽעְיָ֑ה וּבָאתָ֤ אַתָּה֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֔וּא וּבָ֗אתָ בֵּ֚ית יֹאשִׁיָּ֣ה בֶן־צְפַנְיָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֖אוּ מִבָּבֶֽל׃

*Word for word:* take from with the exile\[s\] from Heldai and from with Tobiah and from with Jedaiah and you.will.go you on the day (the) that and you.will.go the.house Josiah the.son of.Zephaniah who they.have.come from Babylon

*JPS 1917:* 'Take of them of the captivity, even of Heldai, of Tobijah, and of Jedaiah, that are come from Babylon; and come thou the same day, and go into the house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah;

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