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title: יְהוֹשֶׁבַע — Jehosheba. Compare · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יְהוֹשֶׁבַע (3089), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Jehosheba. Compare. BDB 1906: n.pr.f. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יְהוֹשֶׁבַע

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«יְהוֹשֶׁבַע» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Jehosheba. 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:** 3089 · **BDB:** יְהוֹשֶׁ֫בַע

### Glosses

Jehosheba (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Jehosheba. Compare [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3089/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.f. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3089/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.f. (י׳ is an oath; cf. אֱלִישֶׁבַע)—daughter of Joram of Judah, \& wife of Jehoiada the priest; יְהוֹשֶׁבַע 2 K 11:2 (𝔊 Ἰωσαβεε, Ἰωσαβεθ; = יְהוֹשַׁבְעַת 2 Ch 22:11(×2) (𝔊 Ἰωσαβεε).

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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 (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 «יְהוֹשֶׁבַע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3089/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Kings 11:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.11.2/)

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וַתִּקַּ֣ח יְהוֹשֶׁ֣בַע בַּת־הַמֶּֽלֶךְ־י֠וֹרָם אֲח֨וֹת אֲחַזְיָ֜הוּ אֶת־יוֹאָ֣שׁ בֶּן־אֲחַזְיָ֗ה וַתִּגְנֹ֤ב אֹתוֹ֙ מִתּ֤וֹךְ בְּנֵֽי־הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ הַמּ֣וּמָתִ֔ים אֹת֥וֹ וְאֶת־מֵינִקְתּ֖וֹ בַּחֲדַ֣ר הַמִּטּ֑וֹת וַיַּסְתִּ֧רוּ אֹת֛וֹ מִפְּנֵ֥י עֲתַלְיָ֖הוּ וְלֹ֥א הוּמָֽת׃

*Word for word:* and she.took Jehosheba the.daughter of the.king Joram the.sister of.Ahaziah (et) Joash the.son of.Ahaziah and she.stole him from among the.sons of the.king \[who were\].about.to.be.put.to.death him and (et) nurse his in the.chamber of the.beds and they.hid him from before Athaliah and not he.was.put.to.death

*JPS 1917:* But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king's sons that were slain, even him and his nurse, and put them in the bed-chamber; and they hid him from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.

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