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title: יִשְׁמַעְיָה — Ishmaiah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יִשְׁמַעְיָה (3460), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Ishmaiah. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יִשְׁמַעְיָה

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«יִשְׁמַעְיָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Ishmaiah** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 3460 · **BDB:** יִשְׁמַעְיָ֫ה(וּ)

### Glosses

Ishmaiah (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Ishmaiah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3460/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3460/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (י׳ heareth);—Σαμαιας: -יָה, Gibeonite, one of David’s heroes 1 Ch 12:4. -יָהוּ in Zebulun 27:19.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יִשְׁמַעְיָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3460/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 12:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.12.4/)

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וְיִֽשְׁמַֽעְיָ֧ה הַגִּבְעוֹנִ֛י גִּבּ֥וֹר בַּשְּׁלֹשִׁ֖ים וְעַל־הַשְּׁלֹשִֽׁים׃

*Word for word:* and Ishmaiah the Gibeonite a.mighty.\[man\] among the thirty and over the thirty

*JPS 1917:* and Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty; and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Jozabad the Gederathite;

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