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title: יֵהוּא — Jehu · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יֵהוּא (3058), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 58 times: Jehu. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יֵהוּא

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«יֵהוּא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Jehu** — 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:** 58 times · **Key:** 3058 · **BDB:** יֵהוּא

### Glosses

Jehu (46); of.Jehu (11); O.Jehu (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Jehu [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3058/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3058/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (prob. contr. from יהוהוא = י׳ is He, cf. יֵשׁוּעַ and reff.; cuneif. Ia-u-a COT 1 K 16:23 2 K 9:2 (further SchrMBAW 1880, 277, SchrZA iii. 3 HptBAS i. 296, 329 Jäger ib. 468); cf. also אֱלִיהוּ)— king of Israel who overthrew the dynasty of Omri (𝔊 Εἰου, A often Ἰηου, 𝔊L Ἰου) 1 K 19:16, 17(×2) 2 K 9:2 + 36 times 2 K 9 \& 10 + 12:2; 13:1; 14:8; 15:12; 2 Ch 22:7, 8, 9; 25:17; Ho 1:4. prophet of N. Israel in time of Baasha \& Jehoshaphat (𝔊 Εἰου, A Εἰηου 𝔊L Ἰου in K; 𝔊 Ἰου, Ἰησου, A 𝔊L Ἰηου in Ch) 1 K 16:1, 7, 12; 2 Ch 19:2; 20:34. one of David’s heroes 1 Ch 12:3 (𝔊 Ἰηουλ, 𝔊L Ἰηουδ)). a Judaite 1 Ch 2:38(×2) (𝔊 Ἰησους, A 𝔊L Ἰηου). a Simeonite prince 1 Ch 4:35 (𝔊 οὗτος i.e. (י)הוּא; A 𝔊L Ἰηου).

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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 (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יֵהוּא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3058/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Kings 10:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.10.28/)

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וַיַּשְׁמֵ֥ד יֵה֛וּא אֶת־הַבַּ֖עַל מִיִּשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* and he.destroyed Jehu (et) (the) Baal from Israel

*JPS 1917:* Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.

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[2 Kings 10:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.10.20/)

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וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יֵה֗וּא קַדְּשׁ֧וּ עֲצָרָ֛ה לַבַּ֖עַל וַיִּקְרָֽאוּ׃

*Word for word:* and he.said Jehu consecrate an.assembly to (the) Baal and they.proclaimed.\[it\]

*JPS 1917:* And Jehu said: 'Sanctify a solemn assembly for Baal.' And they proclaimed it.

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