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title: יוֹנָתָן — Jonathan · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יוֹנָתָן (3129), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 42 times: Jonathan. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יוֹנָתָן

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«יוֹנָתָן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Jonathan** — 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:** 42 times · **Key:** 3129 · **BDB:** יְהוֹנָתָן

### Glosses

Jonathan (38); of.Jonathan (3); O.Jonathan (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Jonathan [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3129/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3129/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** יְהוֹנָתָן, יוֹנָתָן n.pr.m. 𝔊 Ἰωναθαν throughout, with occasional var. (י׳ hath given; cf. אֶלְנָתָן, נְתַנְיָהוּ, נְתַנְאֵל, \& reff., Temanite רמננתן HalRÉJ 1884, ix. 7 f. NbrStud. Bib. i. 211; Sab. והבאום Hal 10)— יְהוֹ׳ son of Saul 1 S 14:6, 8; 18:1(×2) + 40 times 1 S; 2 S 1:4 + 18 times 2 S; 1 Ch 8:33, 34; 9:39, 40; = יוֹ׳ 1 S 13:2, 3 + 27 times 1 S, 1 Ch 10:2. יְהוֹ׳ son of Abiathar 2 S 15:27, 36; 17:17, 20; = יוֹ׳ 1 K 1:42, 43. יְהוֹ׳ nephew of David 2 S 21:21 = 1 Ch 20:7; appar. called Jonadab 2 S 13:3 ff. where 𝔊L Ἰωναθαν, cf. יהונדב 2. יְהוֹ׳; דּוֹד of David, i.e. his uncle? 1 Ch 27:32. יְהוֹ׳ one of David’s heroes 2 S 23:32 (cf. Dr) = יוֹנָתָן 1 Ch 11:34. יְהוֹ׳ one of David’s treasurers 1 Ch 27:25. יְהוֹ׳ a scribe Je 37:15, 20; 38:26. Levites יְהוֹ׳ 2 Ch 17:8; יוֹ׳ Ne 12:35. יְהוֹ׳ a priest Ne 12:18. יְהוֹ׳ priest to the tribe of Dan, son of Gershom Ju 18:30. יוֹ׳ a Judaite captain, after fall of Jerus. Je 40:8. יוֹ׳ a Judaite 1 Ch 2:32, 33. יוֹ׳ father of Ebed Ezr 8:6. יוֹ׳ son of Asahel Ezr 10:15. יוֹ׳ a priest Ne 12:14. יוֹ׳ son of Joiada Ne 12:11(×2) appar. = יְהוֹחָנָן 2.

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 14 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 (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יוֹנָתָן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3129/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nehemiah 12:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.12.14/)

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לִמְלִ֙יכוּ֙ יֽוֹנָתָ֔ן לִשְׁבַנְיָ֖ה יוֹסֵֽף׃

*Word for word:* of Mellichu Jonathan of Shebaniah Joseph

*JPS 1917:* of Melicu, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;

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[1 Chronicles 11:34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.11.34/)

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בְּנֵ֗י הָשֵׁם֙ הַגִּ֣זוֹנִ֔י יוֹנָתָ֥ן בֶּן־שָׁגֵ֖ה הַהֲרָרִֽי׃ס

*Word for word:* the.sons of.Hashem the Gizonite Jonathan the.son of.Shageh the Hararite

*JPS 1917:* the sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shageh the Hararite;

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