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title: יִרְאִיָּיה — Irijah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יִרְאִיָּיה (3376), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Irijah. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יִרְאִיָּיה

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«יִרְאִיָּיה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Irijah** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 3376 · **BDB:** יִרְאִיָּיה

### Glosses

Irijah (1); \[was\].Irijah (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Irijah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3376/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3376/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (read יִרְאִיָּה; י׳ seeth);—officer, Jeremiah’s time, Je 37:13, 14, Σαρουια(ς).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (11 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (10 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יִרְאִיָּיה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3376/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 37:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.37.14/)

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וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יִרְמְיָ֜הוּ שֶׁ֗קֶר אֵינֶ֤נִּי נֹפֵל֙ עַל־הַכַּשְׂדִּ֔ים וְלֹ֥א שָׁמַ֖ע אֵלָ֑יו וַיִּתְפֹּ֤שׂ יִרְאִיָּיה֙ בְּיִרְמְיָ֔הוּ וַיְבִאֵ֖הוּ אֶל־הַשָּׂרִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and he.said Jeremiah a.lie not I \[am\].falling on the Chaldeans and not he.listened to him and he.seized Irijah (in) Jeremiah and he brought.him to the officials

*JPS 1917:* Then said Jeremiah: 'It is false; I fall not away to the Chaldeans'; but he hearkened not to him; so Irijah laid hold on Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes.

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[Jeremiah 37:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.37.13/)

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וַיְהִי־ה֞וּא בְּשַׁ֣עַר בִּנְיָמִ֗ן וְשָׁם֙ בַּ֣עַל פְּקִדֻ֔ת וּשְׁמוֹ֙ יִרְאִיָּ֔יה בֶּן־שֶֽׁלֶמְיָ֖ה בֶּן־חֲנַנְיָ֑ה וַיִּתְפֹּ֞שׂ אֶֽת־יִרְמְיָ֤הוּ הַנָּבִיא֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר אֶל־הַכַּשְׂדִּ֖ים אַתָּ֥ה נֹפֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* and it.was he \[was\].at the.gate of.Benjamin and.\[was\] there a.captain of.\[the\].guard and name his \[was\].Irijah the.son of.Shelemiah the.son of.Hananiah and he.arrested (et) Jeremiah the prophet (cmp) to the Chaldeans you \[are\].falling

*JPS 1917:* And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he laid hold on Jeremiah the prophet, saying: 'Thou fallest away to the Chaldeans.'

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