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title: יוֹרָם — Joram · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יוֹרָם (3141), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 20 times: Joram. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יוֹרָם

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«יוֹרָם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Joram** — 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:** 20 times · **Key:** 3141 · **BDB:** יְהוֹרָם

### Glosses

Joram (18); \[was\].Joram (1); of.Joram (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Joram [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3141/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3141/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (י׳ is exalted; cf. מַלְכִּירָם; further, Ph. בעלרם, רמבעל; Sab. אלרם DHMZMG 1876, 686)— יְהוֹ׳ (𝔊 Ἰωραμ) king of Judah, son of Jehoshaphat 1 K 22:51 2 K 1:17; 8:16, 25, 29; 12:19 2 Ch 21:1, 3, 4, 5, 9, 16; 22:1, 6, 11; = יוֹ׳ 2 K 8:21, 23, 24; 11:2 1 Ch 3:11. יְהוֹ׳ (𝔊 Ἰωραμ) king of Israel son of Ahab 2 K 1:17; 3:1, 6; 9:15, 17, 21, 22, 23 2 Ch 2, 6, 7; = יוֹ׳ 2 K 8:16, 25, 28(×2), 29(×2); 9:14(×2), 16(×2), 29 2 Ch 22:5, 7. יְהוֹ׳ priest in time of Jehoshaphat 2 Ch 17:8 (𝔊 Ἰωραμ, Ἰωραν). יוֹ׳ son of Tou, king of Hamath 2 S 8:10 (𝔊 Ἰεδδουραν) prob. error for הֲדוֹרָם ‖ 1 Ch 18:10. יֹרָם a Levite 1 Ch 26:25 (𝔊 Ἰωραμ).

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 16 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 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 «יוֹרָם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3141/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 3:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.3.11/)

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יוֹרָ֥ם בְּנ֛וֹ אֲחַזְיָ֥הוּ בְנ֖וֹ יוֹאָ֥שׁ בְּנֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* \[was\].Joram son his \[was\].Ahaziah son his \[was\].Joash son his

*JPS 1917:* Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son;

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[2 Kings 9:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.9.29/)

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וּבִשְׁנַת֙ אַחַ֣ת עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה שָׁנָ֔ה לְיוֹרָ֖ם בֶּן־אַחְאָ֑ב מָלַ֥ךְ אֲחַזְיָ֖ה עַל־יְהוּדָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and in year one.plus ten year of Joram the.son of.Ahab he.had.become.king Ahaziah over Judah

*JPS 1917:* And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah.

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