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title: יוֹאָח — Joah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יוֹאָח (3098), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 11 times: Joah. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יוֹאָח

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«יוֹאָח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Joah** — 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:** 11 times · **Key:** 3098 · **BDB:** יוֹאָח

### Glosses

Joah (9); \[was\].Joah (1); of.Joah (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Joah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3098/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3098/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (י׳ is brother; cf. אֲחִיָּהוּ \& reff.)— son of Asaph the chronicler in Hezekiah’s time 2 K 18:18, 26, 37 (𝔊 Ἰωας, 𝔊L Ἰωαχ), = Is 36:3, 11, 22 (𝔊 Ἰωαχ). Levites son of Zimmah 1 Ch 6:6; id. 2 Ch 29:12(×2) (𝔊 Ἰωα, Ἰωαχ(α) Ἰωδααθ). son of Joahaz the chronicler in Josiah’s time 2 Ch 34:8 (𝔊 Ἰωαχ, Ἰωας). a Levite, son of Obed-edom 1 Ch 26:4 (𝔊 Ἰωαθ, Ἰωαα, Ἰωαδ).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (11 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (9 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יוֹאָח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3098/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 6:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.6.6/)

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יוֹאָ֤ח בְּנוֹ֙ עִדּ֣וֹ בְנ֔וֹ זֶ֥רַח בְּנ֖וֹ יְאָתְרַ֥י בְּנֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* Joah son his Iddo son his Zerah son his Jeatherai son his

*JPS 1917:* Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeatherai his son.

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[Isaiah 36:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.36.3/)

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וַיֵּצֵ֥א אֵלָ֛יו אֶלְיָקִ֥ים בֶּן־חִלְקִיָּ֖הוּ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עַל־הַבָּ֑יִת וְשֶׁבְנָא֙ הַסֹּפֵ֔ר וְיוֹאָ֥ח בֶּן־אָסָ֖ף הַמַּזְכִּֽיר׃

*Word for word:* and he.went.out to him Eliakim the.son of.Hilkiah who \[was\].over the house and Shebna the secretary and Joah the.son of.Asaph the recorder

*JPS 1917:* Then came forth unto him Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, that was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder.

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