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title: מִיכָיְהוּ — Micah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִיכָיְהוּ (4321), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 21 times: Micah. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִיכָיְהוּ

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«מִיכָיְהוּ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Micah** — 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:** 21 times · **Key:** 4321 · **BDB:** מִיכָֽיְהוּ

### Glosses

Micaiah (17); O.Micaiah (1); \[is\].Micaiah (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Micah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4321/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4321/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (so on an Isr. scarab, GanneauJAS 1883, 156, No. 42)— an Ephraimite, Ju 17:1, 4 (in 17:5 ff.; 18:2 ff. called מִיכָה). a prophet, the son of Imlah (𝔊 Μειχαίας), 1 K 22:8–26 (9 times), ‖ 2 Ch 18:7–25 (7 times) + v 8 Qr (Kt מיכהו). a contemp. of Jer., Je 36:11 (מִכָֽיְהוּ), v 13.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִיכָיְהוּ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4321/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Judges 17:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.17.1/)

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וַֽיְהִי־אִ֥ישׁ מֵֽהַר־אֶפְרָ֖יִם וּשְׁמ֥וֹ מִיכָֽיְהוּ׃

*Word for word:* and he.was a.man from the.hill.country of.Ephraim and name his \[was\].Micaiah

*JPS 1917:* Now there was a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah.

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[2 Chronicles 18:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.18.8/)

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וַיִּקְרָא֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֶל־סָרִ֖יס אֶחָ֑ד וַיֹּ֕אמֶר מַהֵ֖ר מִיכָ֥יְהוּ בֶן־יִמְלָֽא׃

*Word for word:* and he.summoned the.king of.Israel (to) a.court-official one and he.said bring.quickly Micaiah the.son of.Imlah

*JPS 1917:* Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said: 'Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imla.'

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