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title: כׇּנְיָהוּ — Coniah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כׇּנְיָהוּ (3659), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Coniah. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כׇּנְיָהוּ

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«כׇּנְיָהוּ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Coniah** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 3659 · **BDB:** יְכוֹנְיָה²

### Glosses

Coniah (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Coniah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3659/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3659/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (may Y. be enduring);—Je 27:20 = יְכָנְ֫יָהוּ 24:1 = יְכָנְיָה 28:4; 29:2 1 Ch 3:16, 17 Est 2:6 = כָּנְיָ֫הוּ Je 22:24, 28; 37:1 (𝔊 Ιεχονιας throughout), all of last king but one of Judah, v. יְהוֹיָכִין p. 220 supr.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «כׇּנְיָהוּ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3659/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 37:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.37.1/)

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וַיִּ֨מְלָךְ־מֶ֔לֶךְ צִדְקִיָּ֖הוּ בֶּן־יֹֽאשִׁיָּ֑הוּ תַּ֗חַת כָּנְיָ֙הוּ֙ בֶּן־יְה֣וֹיָקִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר הִמְלִ֛יךְ נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֥ר מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֖ל בְּאֶ֥רֶץ יְהוּדָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.reigned king Zedekiah the.son of.Josiah in.place.of Coniah the.son of.Jehoiakim whom he.made.king Nebuchadnezzar the.king of.Babylon in the.land of.Judah

*JPS 1917:* And Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned as king, instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah.

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[Jeremiah 22:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.22.24/)

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חַי־אָנִי֮ נְאֻם־יְהוָה֒ כִּ֣י אִם־יִהְיֶ֞ה כָּנְיָ֤הוּ בֶן־יְהֽוֹיָקִים֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֔ה חוֹתָ֖ם עַל־יַ֣ד יְמִינִ֑י כִּ֥י מִשָּׁ֖ם אֶתְּקֶֽנְךָּ׃

*Word for word:* \[by\].the.life of.me the.utterance of.Yahweh (dm) if he.will.be Coniah the.son of.Jehoiakim the.king of.Judah a.signet-ring on the.hand my.right.side my (dm) from there I will.pull.you.off

*JPS 1917:* As I live, saith the LORD, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon My right hand, yet would I pluck thee thence;

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