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title: יְרוּשָׁא — Jerusha · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יְרוּשָׁא (3388), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Jerusha. BDB 1906: n.pr.f. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יְרוּשָׁא

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«יְרוּשָׁא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Jerusha** — 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:** 3388 · **BDB:** יְרוּשָׁא

### Glosses

\[was\].Jerusha (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Jerusha [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3388/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.f. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3388/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.f. (taken possession of, i.e. married?) mother of king Jotham: יְרוּשָׁא 2 K 15:33 = יְרוּשָׁה 2 Ch 27:1.

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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 (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יְרוּשָׁא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3388/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Kings 15:33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.15.33/)

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בֶּן־עֶשְׂרִ֨ים וְחָמֵ֤שׁ שָׁנָה֙ הָיָ֣ה בְמָלְכ֔וֹ וְשֵׁשׁ־עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה שָׁנָ֔ה מָלַ֖ךְ בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וְשֵׁ֣ם אִמּ֔וֹ יְרוּשָׁ֖א בַּת־צָדֽוֹק׃

*Word for word:* a.son of.twenty and five year\[s\] he.was when he became.king and six- teen year\[s\] he.reigned in Jerusalem and the.name his.mother his \[was\].Jerusha the.daughter of.Zadok

*JPS 1917:* Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok.

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[2 Chronicles 27:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.27.1/)

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בֶּן־עֶשְׂרִ֨ים וְחָמֵ֤שׁ שָׁנָה֙ יוֹתָ֣ם בְּמָלְכ֔וֹ וְשֵׁשׁ־עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה שָׁנָ֔ה מָלַ֖ךְ בִּֽירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וְשֵׁ֣ם אִמּ֔וֹ יְרוּשָׁ֖ה בַּת־צָדֽוֹק׃

*Word for word:* \[was\].a.son of.twenty and five year\[s\] Jotham when he became.king and six- teen year\[s\] he.reigned in Jerusalem and the.name his.mother his \[was\].Jerusha the.daughter of.Zadok

*JPS 1917:* Jotham was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Jerushah the daughter of Zadok.

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