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title: יוֹצָדָק — Jozadak · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יוֹצָדָק (3136), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: Jozadak. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יוֹצָדָק

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«יוֹצָדָק» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Jozadak** — 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:** 3136 · **BDB:** יְהוֹצָדָק

### Glosses

of.Jozadak (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Jozadak [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3136/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3136/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (י׳ is righteous; cf. צִדְקִיָּהוּ Sab. צדקאל Hal 193) father of Joshua the high-priest, יְהוֹ׳ Hg 1:1, 12, 14; 2:2, 4 Zc 6:11 1 Ch 5:40, 41; = יוֹ׳ Ezr 3:2, 8; 5:2; 10:18 Ne 12:26 (𝔊 Ἰωσαδακ, Ἰωσεδεκ).

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 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 «יוֹצָדָק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3136/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nehemiah 12:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.12.26/)

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אֵ֕לֶּה בִּימֵ֛י יוֹיָקִ֥ים בֶּן־יֵשׁ֖וּעַ בֶּן־יוֹצָדָ֑ק וּבִימֵי֙ נְחֶמְיָ֣ה הַפֶּחָ֔ה וְעֶזְרָ֥א הַכֹּהֵ֖ן הַסּוֹפֵֽר׃פ

*Word for word:* these \[were\].in the.days of.Joiakim the.son of.Jeshua the.son of.Jozadak and in the.days of.Nehemiah the governor and Ezra the priest the scribe

*JPS 1917:* These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest the scribe.

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[Ezra 10:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.10.18/)

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וַיִּמָּצֵא֙ מִבְּנֵ֣י הַכֹּהֲנִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֹשִׁ֖יבוּ נָשִׁ֣ים נָכְרִיּ֑וֹת מִבְּנֵ֨ייֵשׁ֤וּעַ בֶּן־יֽוֹצָדָק֙ וְאֶחָ֔יו מַֽעֲשֵׂיָה֙ וֶֽאֱלִיעֶ֔זֶר וְיָרִ֖יב וּגְדַלְיָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and it.was.found some of.the.sons of the.priests who they.had.married women foreign some of.the.sons of.Jeshua the.son of.Jozadak and brothers his Maaseiah and Eliezer and Jarib and Gedaliah

*JPS 1917:* And among the sons of the priests there were found that had married foreign women, namely: of the sons of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and his brethren, Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah.

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