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title: יוֹאָחָז — Jehoahaz · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יוֹאָחָז (3099), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: Jehoahaz. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יוֹאָחָז

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«יוֹאָחָז» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Jehoahaz** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 3099 · **BDB:** יְהוֹאָחָז

### Glosses

Jehoahaz (2); of.Jehoahaz (1); of.Joahaz (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Jehoahaz [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3099/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3099/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (י׳ hath grasped; 𝔊 Ἰωαχας, \& Ἰωαχαζ; cf. also אֲחַזְיָהוּ, \& cuneif. Ia-u-ḫa-zi for Ahaz, v. אָחָז, and cf. further JägerBAS i. 467 f.)— יְהוֹאָחָז king of Judah, son of Josiah 2 K 23:30, 31, 34 2 Ch 36:1, = יוֹאָחָז v 2:4 (appar. = יוֹחָנָן 1 Ch 3:15). יְהוֹאָחָז king of Isr., son of Jehu 2 K 10:35; 13:1, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 22, 25(×2); 14:8, 17 2 Ch 25:17, 25 = יוֹאָחָז 2 K 14:1. יְהוֹאָחָז king of Judah, son of Jehoram of Judah 2 Ch 21:17; 25:23 = אֲחַזְיָהוּ (אֲחַזְיָה) 2, q.v. יוֹאָחָז father of יוֹאָח Josiah’s chronicler 2 Ch 34:8.

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יוֹאָחָז» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3099/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Kings 14:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.14.1/)

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בִּשְׁנַ֣ת שְׁתַּ֔יִם לְיוֹאָ֥שׁ בֶּן־יוֹאָחָ֖ז מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל מָלַ֛ךְ אֲמַצְיָ֥הוּ בֶן־יוֹאָ֖שׁ מֶ֥לֶךְ יְהוּדָֽה׃

*Word for word:* in year two of Joash the.son of.Jehoahaz the.king of.Israel he.became.king Amaziah the.son of.Joash the.king of.Judah

*JPS 1917:* In the second year of Joash son of Joahaz king of Israel began Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah to reign.

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[2 Chronicles 36:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.36.2/)

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בֶּן־שָׁל֧וֹשׁ וְעֶשְׂרִ֛ים שָׁנָ֖ה יוֹאָחָ֣ז בְּמָלְכ֑וֹ וּשְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה חֳדָשִׁ֔ים מָלַ֖ךְ בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃

*Word for word:* \[was\].a.son of.three and twenty year\[s\] Jehoahaz when he became.king and three months he.reigned in Jerusalem

*JPS 1917:* Joahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.

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