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title: יְהוּכַל — Jehucal. Compare · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יְהוּכַל (3081), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Jehucal. Compare. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יְהוּכַל

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«יְהוּכַל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Jehucal. Compare** — 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:** 3081 · **BDB:** יְהוּכַל

### Glosses

Jehucal (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Jehucal. Compare [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3081/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3081/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. 𝔊 Ἰωαχαλ (Codd. have ζ, χ, ς, for λ) (prob. contr. from יהויוכל, י׳ is able) a courtier of king Zedekiah, יְהוּ׳ Je 37:3 = יוּ׳ 38:1.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יְהוּכַל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3081/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 37:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.37.3/)

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וַיִּשְׁלַח֩ הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ צִדְקִיָּ֜הוּ אֶת־יְהוּכַ֣ל בֶּן־שֶֽׁלֶמְיָ֗ה וְאֶת־צְפַנְיָ֤הוּ בֶן־מַֽעֲשֵׂיָה֙ הַכֹּהֵ֔ן אֶל־יִרְמְיָ֥הוּ הַנָּבִ֖יא לֵאמֹ֑ר הִתְפַּלֶּל־נָ֣א בַעֲדֵ֔נוּ אֶל־יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃

*Word for word:* and he.sent the king Zedekiah (et) Jehucal the.son of.Shelemiah and (et) Zephaniah the.son of.Maaseiah the priest to Jeremiah the prophet (cmp) pray please for us to Yahweh God our

*JPS 1917:* And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, to the prophet Jeremiah, saying: 'Pray now unto the LORD our God for us.'

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