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title: יוֹתָם — Jotham · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יוֹתָם (3147), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 24 times: Jotham. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יוֹתָם

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«יוֹתָם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Jotham** — 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:** 24 times · **Key:** 3147 · **BDB:** יוֹתָם

### Glosses

Jotham (16); of.Jotham (7); \[was\].Jotham (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Jotham [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3147/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3147/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (י׳ is perfect)— king of Judah, son of Azariah (𝔊 Ἰωαθαμ, Ἰωαθαν, Ἰωναθαν) 2 K 15:5, 7, 30, 32, 36, 38; 16:1 Ch 3:12; 5:17 2 Ch 26:21, 23; 27:1, 6, 7, 9; Is 1:1; 7:1; Ho 1:1; Mi 1:1. youngest son of Jerubbaal (Gideon) Ju 9:5, 7, 21, 57 (𝔊 ut supr.; Codd. Ἰωθαμ, Ἰωαθαμ). a descendant of Caleb 1 Ch 2:47 (𝔊 Ἰωαθαμ).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 22 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 (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יוֹתָם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3147/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 3:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.3.12/)

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אֲמַצְיָ֧הוּ בְנ֛וֹ עֲזַרְיָ֥ה בְנ֖וֹ יוֹתָ֥ם בְּנֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* \[was\].Amaziah son his \[was\].Azariah son his \[was\].Jotham son his

*JPS 1917:* Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son;

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[2 Chronicles 27:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.27.6/)

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וַיִּתְחַזֵּ֖ק יוֹתָ֑ם כִּ֚י הֵכִ֣ין דְּרָכָ֔יו לִפְנֵ֖י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* and he.strengthened.himself Jotham (dm) he.had.directed ways his before Yahweh God his

*JPS 1917:* So Jotham became mighty, because he ordered his ways before the LORD his God.

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