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title: מִיכָיָהוּ — Michaiah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִיכָיָהוּ (4322), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Michaiah. BDB 1906: n.pr. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִיכָיָהוּ

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«מִיכָיָהוּ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Michaiah** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 4322 · **BDB:** מִיכָיָ֫הוּ

### Glosses

Micaiah (1); \[was\].Micaiah (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Michaiah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4322/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4322/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr. (Who is like Yah? cf. מִיכָאֵל):— m. a prince under Jehosh. 2 Ch 17:7. f. 2 Ch 13:2 f. l. for מַעֲכָה 2 b, q.v. Of this name, the following are abbreviated, or softened, forms—

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 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 «מִיכָיָהוּ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4322/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Chronicles 13:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.13.2/)

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שָׁל֣וֹשׁ שָׁנִ֗ים מָלַךְ֙ בִּיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם וְשֵׁ֣ם אִמּ֔וֹ מִיכָיָ֥הוּ בַת־אוּרִיאֵ֖ל מִן־גִּבְעָ֑ה וּמִלְחָמָ֥ה הָיְתָ֛ה בֵּ֥ין אֲבִיָּ֖ה וּבֵ֥ין יָרָבְעָֽם׃

*Word for word:* three years he.reigned in Jerusalem and the.name his.mother his \[was\].Micaiah the.daughter of.Uriel from Gibeah and war it.was between Abijah and between Jeroboam

*JPS 1917:* Three years reigned he in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Micaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.

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[2 Chronicles 17:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.17.7/)

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וּבִשְׁנַ֨ת שָׁל֜וֹשׁ לְמָלְכ֗וֹ שָׁלַ֤ח לְשָׂרָיו֙ לְבֶנ־חַ֙יִל֙בֶנ־חַ֙יִל֙ וּלְעֹבַדְיָ֣ה וְלִזְכַרְיָ֔ה וְלִנְתַנְאֵ֖ל וּלְמִיכָיָ֑הוּ לְלַמֵּ֖ד בְּעָרֵ֥י יְהוּדָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and in year three of reigning his he.sent (to) officials his (to) Ben-Hail Ben-Hail and (to) Obadiah and (to) Zechariah and (to) Nethanel and (to) Micaiah to teach in the.cities of.Judah

*JPS 1917:* Also in the third year of his reign he sent his princes, even Ben-hail, and Obadiah, and Zechariah, and Nethanel, and Micaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah;

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