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title: יְרֹחָם — Jeroham · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יְרֹחָם (3395), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 10 times: Jeroham. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יְרֹחָם

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«יְרֹחָם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Jeroham** — 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:** 10 times · **Key:** 3395 · **BDB:** יְרֹחָם²

### Glosses

of.Jeroham (9); Jeroham (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Jeroham [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3395/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3395/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (may he be compassionated; cf. LagBN 134);— father of Elkanah, grandf. of Sam., Ephraimite 1 S 1:1 (Ιερεμε\[ι\]ηλ, A Ιεροαμ); Levite 1 Ch 6:12, 19 (Ιδαερ, Ηααλ; A Ιεροβοαμ, Ιερεαμ; 𝔊L Ιεραμαηλ). Benjamites: 1 Ch 8:27 Ιρααμ, etc. (appar. = יְרֵמוֹת v 14). 9:8, 𝔊 id. (= a?). priests: 1 Ch 9:12, Ι(ε)ρααμ, etc. Ne 11:11, Ι(ε)ροαμ. father of a hero of David 1 Ch 12:8 (van d. H. v 7), Ρααμ, A 𝔊L Ιεροαμ. Danite 1 Ch 27:22, Ιωραμ (𝔊L as 4). father of a captain with Jehoiada, 2 Ch 23:1, Ιωραμ.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 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 (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יְרֹחָם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3395/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 6:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.6.19/)

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בֶּן־אֶלְקָנָה֙ בֶּן־יְרֹחָ֔ם בֶּן־אֱלִיאֵ֖ל בֶּן־תּֽוֹחַ׃

*Word for word:* the.son of.Elkanah the.son of.Jeroham the.son of.Eliel the.son of.Toah

*JPS 1917:* the son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah;

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[1 Chronicles 8:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.8.27/)

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וְיַעֲרֶשְׁיָ֧ה וְאֵלִיָּ֛ה וְזִכְרִ֖י בְּנֵ֥י יְרֹחָֽם׃

*Word for word:* and Jaareshiah and Elijah and Zikri \[were\].the.sons of.Jeroham

*JPS 1917:* and Jaareshiah, and Elijah, and Zichri, were the sons of Jeroham.

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