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title: יוֹנָדָב — Jonadab · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יוֹנָדָב (3122), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: Jonadab. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יוֹנָדָב

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«יוֹנָדָב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Jonadab** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** 3122 · **BDB:** יְהוֹנָדָב

### Glosses

Jonadab (6); \[was\].Jonadab (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Jonadab [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3122/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3122/#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: another headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יוֹנָדָב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3122/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 35:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.35.10/)

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וַנֵּ֖שֶׁב בָּֽאֳהָלִ֑ים וַנִּשְׁמַ֣ע וַנַּ֔עַשׂ כְּכֹ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּ֖נוּ יוֹנָדָ֥ב אָבִֽינוּ׃

*Word for word:* and we.have.dwelt in tents and we.have.obeyed and we.have.done according to.all that he commanded.us Jonadab ancestor our

*JPS 1917:* but we have dwelt in tents, and have hearkened, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.

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[2 Samuel 13:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.13.3/)

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וּלְאַמְנ֣וֹן רֵ֗עַ וּשְׁמוֹ֙ יֽוֹנָדָ֔ב בֶּן־שִׁמְעָ֖ה אֲחִ֣י דָוִ֑ד וְי֣וֹנָדָ֔ב אִ֥ישׁ חָכָ֖ם מְאֹֽד׃

*Word for word:* and.\[belonged\] to Amnon a.friend and name his \[was\].Jonadab the.son of.Shimeah the.brother of.David and Jonadab \[was\].a.man shrewd very

*JPS 1917:* But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother; and Jonadab was a very subtle man.

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