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title: צִדְקִיָּה — Zedekiah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צִדְקִיָּה (6667), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: Zedekiah. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צִדְקִיָּה

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«צִדְקִיָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Zedekiah** — 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:** 6667 · **BDB:** צִדְקִיָּ֫הוּ

### Glosses

Zedekiah (4); of.Zedekiah (2); \[was\].Zedekiah (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Zedekiah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6667/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6667/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** \-יָּה7 n.pr.m. (י׳ is righteousness; cf. Sab. צדקאל DHMib., on No. 32);—Σεδεκια(ς): last king of Judah, מַתַּנְּיָה, changed to צ׳: -יָּ֫הוּ 2 K 24:17, 18, 20; 25:2, 7(×2) = 2 Ch 36:10, 11, 1 Ch 3:15; Je 1:3; 21:1, 3, 7 + 37 times Je; -יָּה †Je 27:12; 28:1; 29:3; 49:34. false prophets: under Ahab, -יָּ֫הוּ 1 K 22:24 = 2 Ch 18:10, 23; -יָּה 1 K 22:11. -יָּ֫הוּ Jerem.’s time, Je 29:21, 22. -יָּ֫הוּ prince, Jerem.’s time, Je 36:12. -יָּה, priest, Nehem.’s time, Ne 10:2 (𝔊L Σεχενιας). -יָּה, son of Jehoiachin, according to 1 Ch 3:16, but prob. gloss, Be SS, cf. Kit.

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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 (2 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צִדְקִיָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6667/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 3:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.3.16/)

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וּבְנֵ֖י יְהוֹיָקִ֑ים יְכָנְיָ֥ה בְנ֖וֹ צִדְקִיָּ֥ה בְנֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and the.sons of.Jehoiakim \[was\].Jeconiah son his \[was\].Zedekiah son his

*JPS 1917:* And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son.

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[Nehemiah 10:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.10.2/)

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וְעַ֖ל הַחֲתוּמִ֑ים נְחֶמְיָ֧ה הַתִּרְשָׁ֛תָא בֶּן־חֲכַלְיָ֖ה וְצִדְקִיָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* and.\[were\] on the.sealed \[documents\] Nehemiah the governor the.son of.Hacaliah and Zedekiah

*JPS 1917:* Now those that set their seal were: Nehemiah the Tirshatha, the son of Hachaliah, and Zedekiah;

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