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title: קוֹלָיָה — Kolaiah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קוֹלָיָה (6964), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Kolaiah. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קוֹלָיָה

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«קוֹלָיָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Kolaiah** — 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:** 6964 · **BDB:** קוֹלָיָה

### Glosses

of.Kolaiah (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Kolaiah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6964/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6964/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (voice of י׳);— father of proph. Ahab Je 29:21. Benjamite Ne 11:7; Κοδια, A Κωλεια, 𝔊L Κολεια. Prob. also Levite Ezr 10:23, MT קֵלָיָה but 𝔊 Κωλεια, A Κωλαα (cf. GrayProp. N. 297).

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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 (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קוֹלָיָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6964/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nehemiah 11:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.11.7/)

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וְאֵ֖לֶּה בְּנֵ֣י בִנְיָמִ֑ן סַלֻּ֡א בֶּן־מְשֻׁלָּ֡ם בֶּן־יוֹעֵ֡ד בֶּן־פְּדָיָה֩ בֶן־ק֨וֹלָיָ֧ה בֶן־מַעֲשֵׂיָ֛ה בֶּן־אִֽיתִיאֵ֖ל בֶּן־יְשַֽׁעְיָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and these \[are\].the.descendants of.Benjamin Sallu the.son of.Meshullam the.son of.Joed the.son of.Pedaiah the.son of.Kolaiah the.son of.Maaseiah the.son of.Ithiel the.son of.Jeshaiah

*JPS 1917:* And these are the sons of Benjamin: Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jeshaiah.

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[Jeremiah 29:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.29.21/)

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כֹּֽה־אָמַר֩ יְהוָ֨ה צְבָא֜וֹת אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל אֶל־אַחְאָ֤ב בֶּן־קֽוֹלָיָה֙ וְאֶל־צִדְקִיָּ֣הוּ בֶן־מַֽעֲשֵׂיָ֔ה הַֽנִּבְּאִ֥ים לָכֶ֛ם בִּשְׁמִ֖י שָׁ֑קֶר הִנְנִ֣י ׀ נֹתֵ֣ן אֹתָ֗ם בְּיַד֙ נְבֽוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֣ר מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֔ל וְהִכָּ֖ם לְעֵינֵיכֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* thus he.says Yahweh of.hosts the.God of.Israel concerning Ahab the.son of.Kolaiah and concerning Zedekiah the.son of.Maaseiah \[who are\].prophesying to you in name my falsehood here I \[am\].about.to.give them in the.hand of.Nebuchadnezzar the.king of.Babylon and he will.strike.them.down to eyes your

*JPS 1917:* Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and concerning Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, who prophesy a lie unto you in My name: Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall slay them before your eyes;

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