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title: יְדִידְיָה — Jedidiah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יְדִידְיָה (3041), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Jedidiah. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יְדִידְיָה

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«יְדִידְיָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Jedidiah** — 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:** 3041 · **BDB:** יְדִידְיָה

### Glosses

Jedidiah (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Jedidiah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3041/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3041/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (beloved of Yah; cf. Sab. ודדאל DHMZMG 1875, 604; 1883, 15)—name given to Solomon by Nathan; וַיִּקְרָא אֶת־שְׁמוֹ יְדִידְיָהֿ֑ בַּעֲבוּר יהוה 2 S 12:25; 𝔊 Ιδεδει, 𝔊L Ιεδδιδια.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יְדִידְיָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3041/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 12:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.12.25/)

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וַיִּשְׁלַ֗ח בְּיַד֙ נָתָ֣ן הַנָּבִ֔יא וַיִּקְרָ֥א אֶת־שְׁמ֖וֹ יְדִ֣ידְיָ֑הּ בַּעֲב֖וּר יְהוָֽה׃פ

*Word for word:* and he.sent by the.hand of.Nathan the prophet and he.called (et) name his Jedidiah because of Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* and He sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and he called his name Jedidiah, for the LORD'S sake.

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