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title: אֲצַלְיָהוּ — Azaliah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֲצַלְיָהוּ (683), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Azaliah. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֲצַלְיָהוּ

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«אֲצַלְיָהוּ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Azaliah** — 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:** 683 · **BDB:** אֲצַלְיָ֫הוּ

### Glosses

of.Azaliah (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Azaliah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/683/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/683/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (Yahweh hath reserved, or set apart) father of Shaphan the scribe 2 K 22:3 2 Ch 34:8.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֲצַלְיָהוּ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/683/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Kings 22:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.22.3/)

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וַיְהִ֗י בִּשְׁמֹנֶ֤ה עֶשְׂרֵה֙ שָׁנָ֔ה לַמֶּ֖לֶךְ יֹאשִׁיָּ֑הוּ שָׁלַ֣ח הַ֠מֶּלֶךְ אֶת־שָׁפָ֨ן בֶּן־אֲצַלְיָ֤הוּ בֶן־מְשֻׁלָּם֙ הַסֹּפֵ֔ר בֵּ֥ית יְהוָ֖ה לֵאמֹֽר׃

*Word for word:* and it.was in eight- teen year of the king Josiah he.sent the king (et) Shaphan the.son of.Azaliah the.son of.Meshullam the scribe the.house of.Yahweh (cmp)

*JPS 1917:* And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the LORD, saying.

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[2 Chronicles 34:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.34.8/)

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וּבִשְׁנַ֨ת שְׁמוֹנֶ֤ה עֶשְׂרֵה֙ לְמָלְכ֔וֹ לְטַהֵ֥ר הָאָ֖רֶץ וְהַבָּ֑יִת שָׁ֠לַח אֶת־שָׁפָ֨ן בֶּן־אֲצַלְיָ֜הוּ וְאֶת־מַעֲשֵׂיָ֣הוּ שַׂר־הָעִ֗יר וְ֠אֵת יוֹאָ֤ח בֶּן־יֽוֹאָחָז֙ הַמַּזְכִּ֔יר לְחַזֵּ֕ק אֶת־בֵּ֖ית יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* and in year eight- teen of reigning his to cleanse the land and the house he.sent (et) Shaphan the.son of.Azaliah and (et) Maaseiah the.official of the.city and (et) Joah the.son of.Joahaz the recorder to repair (et) the.house of.Yahweh God his

*JPS 1917:* Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land, and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God.

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