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title: יְהוֹנָדָב — Jehonadab · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יְהוֹנָדָב (3082), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: Jehonadab. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יְהוֹנָדָב

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«יְהוֹנָדָב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Jehonadab** — 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:** 8 times · **Key:** 3082 · **BDB:** יְהוֹנָדָב

### Glosses

Jonadab (4); of.Jonadab (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Jehonadab [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3082/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3082/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (י׳ is noble, or is liberal, or hath impelled, cf. נְדַבְיָה)— יְהוֹ׳ son of Rechab \& chief of the Rechabites (𝔊 Ἰωναδαβ) 2 K 10:15(×2), 23; Je 35:8, 14, 16, 18; = יוֹ׳ Je 35:6, 10, 19. יְהוֹ׳ nephew of David (𝔊 Ἰωναδαβ, Ἰωναδαμ; 𝔊L Ἰωναθαν) 2 S 13:5; = יוֹ׳ 2 S 13:3(×2), 32, 35; (appar. called Jonathan 2 S 21:21; 1 Ch 20:7, cf. יְהוֹנָתָן 3.)

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 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, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יְהוֹנָדָב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3082/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 35:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.35.16/)

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כִּ֣י הֵקִ֗ימוּ בְּנֵי֙ יְהוֹנָדָ֣ב בֶּן־רֵכָ֔ב אֶת־מִצְוַ֥ת אֲבִיהֶ֖ם אֲשֶׁ֣ר צִוָּ֑ם וְהָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֔ה לֹ֥א שָׁמְע֖וּ אֵלָֽי׃ס

*Word for word:* (dm) they.have.carried.out the.sons of.Jonadab the.son of.Rechab (et) the.commandment their.ancestor their which he commanded.them and the people (the) this not they.have.listened to me

*JPS 1917:* Because the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed the commandment of their father which he commanded them, but this people hath not hearkened unto Me;

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[Jeremiah 35:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.35.8/)

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וַנִּשְׁמַ֗ע בְּק֨וֹל יְהוֹנָדָ֤ב בֶּן־רֵכָב֙ אָבִ֔ינוּ לְכֹ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֣ר צִוָּ֑נוּ לְבִלְתִּ֤י שְׁתֽוֹת־יַ֙יִן֙ כָּל־יָמֵ֔ינוּ אֲנַ֣חְנוּ נָשֵׁ֔ינוּ בָּנֵ֖ינוּ וּבְנֹתֵֽינוּ׃

*Word for word:* and we.have.listened to the.voice of.Jonadab the.son of.Rechab ancestor our to all that he commanded.us to not to.drink wine all days our we wives our sons our and daughters our

*JPS 1917:* And we have hearkened to the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our father in all that he charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters;

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