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title: עֲתַלְיָה — Athaliah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֲתַלְיָה (6271), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: Athaliah. BDB 1906: n.pr.f. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֲתַלְיָה

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«עֲתַלְיָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Athaliah** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** 6271 · **BDB:** עֲתַלְיָ֫ה(וּ)

### Glosses

Athaliah (6); of.Athaliah (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Athaliah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6271/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.f. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6271/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.f. et m. (? י׳ is exalted);— f. Athaliah, daughter of Ahab and Jezebel, mother of Ahaziah king of Judah, Γοθολια: -יָתוּ 2 K 8:26; 11:2, 20 = 2 Ch 22:2, 10, 11; 23:12, 13, 21; 24:7; -יָה 2 K 11:1, 3, 13, 14; 2 Ch 22:12. m. 1 Ch 8:26 Ογοθολια. Ezr 8:7 Αθελει, A Αθλια; 𝔊L Γοθονίου (genit.). עַתְלָ֑י one with foreign wife Ezr 10:28, Θαλι, A Οθαλι.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֲתַלְיָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6271/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 8:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.8.26/)

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וְשַׁמְשְׁרַ֥י וּשְׁחַרְיָ֖ה וַעֲתַלְיָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and Shamsherai and Shechariah and Athaliah

*JPS 1917:* And Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and Athaliah;

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[Ezra 8:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.8.7/)

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וּמִבְּנֵ֣י עֵילָ֔ם יְשַֽׁעְיָ֖ה בֶּן־עֲתַלְיָ֑ה וְעִמּ֖וֹ שִׁבְעִ֥ים הַזְּכָרִֽים׃ס

*Word for word:* and of the.descendants of.Elam Jeshaiah the.son of.Athaliah and with him \[were\].seventy the males

*JPS 1917:* And of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah; and with him seventy males.

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