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title: יִרְמְיָה — Jeremiah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יִרְמְיָה (3414), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 18 times: Jeremiah. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יִרְמְיָה

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«יִרְמְיָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Jeremiah** — 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:** 18 times · **Key:** 3414 · **BDB:** יִרְמְיָ֫ה(וּ)

### Glosses

Jeremiah (15); of.Jeremiah (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Jeremiah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3414/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3414/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (? י׳ looseneth, sc. the womb? cf. Assyrian ša kirimmaša rummû, whose womb is loosened DlHWB 623);— 136 proph., son of Ḥilḳiah, of priestly family in ʿAnathôth: יִרְמְיָ֫הוּ Je 1:1, 11; 29:27; 36:1, 4(×2) + 116 times Je, + 2 Ch 35:25; 36:12, 21, 22 (יר׳ הַנָּבִיא Je 21:2 + often); -יָה Je 27:1; 28:5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 15; 29:1 Ezr 1:1; Dn 9:2; Ἰερεμίας. יִרְמְיָ֫הוּ, of Libnah, father of Josiah’s wife, 2 K 23:31; 24:18 = Je 52:1, Ἰερεμίας. -יָ֫הוּ Gadite, David’s time 1 Ch 12:13, Ιερεμεια, 𝔊L Ιεραμαου. The foll. all -יָה, 𝔊 Ἰερεμία(ς), Ἰερμία(ς), etc.: Manassite 1 Ch 5:24. Benjamite 12:4. Gadite 12:10. priestly name: Ne 12:1, 2. Ne 10:3, perhaps = 12:34.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 14 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (16 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (11 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יִרְמְיָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3414/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nehemiah 10:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.10.3/)

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שְׂרָיָ֥ה עֲזַרְיָ֖ה יִרְמְיָֽה׃

*Word for word:* Seraiah Azariah Jeremiah

*JPS 1917:* Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah;

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[1 Chronicles 12:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.12.11/)

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מִשְׁמַנָּה֙ הָרְבִיעִ֔י יִרְמְיָ֖ה הַחֲמִשִֽׁי׃

*Word for word:* Mishmannah \[was\].the fourth Jeremiah \[was\].the fifth

*JPS 1917:* Mashmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth;

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