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title: יְהוֹיָכִין — Jehoiachin. Compare · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יְהוֹיָכִין (3078), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 10 times: Jehoiachin. Compare. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יְהוֹיָכִין

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«יְהוֹיָכִין» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Jehoiachin. Compare** — 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:** 10 times · **Key:** 3078 · **BDB:** יְהוֹיָכִין

### Glosses

Jehoiachin (6); of.Jehoiachin (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Jehoiachin. Compare [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3078/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3078/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (י׳ appointeth) last king but one of Judah, son of Jehoiakim (𝔊 Ἰωακειμ; in K, 𝔊L Ἰωακειν; 𝔊 in Je (usually) \& Ch Ἰεχονίας); יְהוֹיָכִין 2 K 24:6, 8, 12, 15; 25:27(×2) 2 Ch 36:8, 9 Je 52:31 = יְהוֹיָכִן v 31; = יוֹיָכִין Ez 1:2; = יְכוֹנְיָה Je 27:20; = יְכָנְיָה 28:4; 29:2 1 Ch 3:16, 17; Est 2:6; = יְכָנְיָהוּ Je 24:1 = כָּנְיָהוּ Je 22:24, 28; 37:1.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 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 «יְהוֹיָכִין» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3078/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Kings 24:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.24.6/)

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וַיִּשְׁכַּ֥ב יְהוֹיָקִ֖ים עִם־אֲבֹתָ֑יו וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ יְהוֹיָכִ֥ין בְּנ֖וֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו׃

*Word for word:* and he.lay.down Jehoiakim with ancestors his and he.became.king Jehoiachin son his in place.of.him

*JPS 1917:* So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers; and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.

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[2 Kings 24:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.24.8/)

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בֶּן־שְׁמֹנֶ֨ה עֶשְׂרֵ֤ה שָׁנָה֙ יְהוֹיָכִ֣ין בְּמָלְכ֔וֹ וּשְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה חֳדָשִׁ֔ים מָלַ֖ךְ בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וְשֵׁ֣ם אִמּ֔וֹ נְחֻשְׁתָּ֥א בַת־אֶלְנָתָ֖ן מִירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃

*Word for word:* \[was\].a.son of.eight- teen year\[s\] Jehoiachin when he became.king and three months he.reigned in Jerusalem and the.name his.mother his \[was\].Nehushta the.daughter of.Elnathan from Jerusalem

*JPS 1917:* Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign; and he reigned in Jerusalem three months; and his mother's name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.

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