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title: תַּנְחֻמֶת — Tanhumeth · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תַּנְחֻמֶת (8576), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Tanhumeth. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תַּנְחֻמֶת

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«תַּנְחֻמֶת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Tanhumeth** — 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:** 8576 · **BDB:** תַּנְחֻ֫מֶת

### Glosses

of.Tanhumeth (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Tanhumeth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8576/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8576/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (? LagBN 126 f. thinks f.) parent of Seraiah, a Hebr. captain, after fall of Jerus. Je 40:8 = 2 K 25:23 (Lagl.c. conj. תסחמת, Egyptian name).

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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 (2 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 «תַּנְחֻמֶת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8576/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 40:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.40.8/)

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וַיָּבֹ֥אוּ אֶל־גְּדַלְיָ֖ה הַמִּצְפָּ֑תָה וְיִשְׁמָעֵ֣אל בֶּן־נְתַנְיָ֡הוּ וְיוֹחָנָ֣ן וְיוֹנָתָ֣ן בְּנֵֽי־קָ֠רֵחַ וּשְׂרָיָ֨ה בֶן־תַּנְחֻ֜מֶת וּבְנֵ֣י ׀ עֵיפַ֣י הַנְּטֹפָתִ֗י וִֽיזַנְיָ֙הוּ֙ בֶּן־הַמַּ֣עֲכָתִ֔י הֵ֖מָּה וְאַנְשֵׁיהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* and they.came to Gedaliah to (the) Mizpah and Ishmael the.son Nethaniah and Johanan and Jonathan the.sons of.Kareah and Seraiah the.son of.Tanhumeth and the.sons of.Ephai the Netophathite and Jezaniah the.son of the.Maacathite they and men their

*JPS 1917:* then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the son of the Maacathite, they and their men.

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[2 Kings 25:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.25.23/)

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וַיִּשְׁמְעוּ֩ כָל־שָׂרֵ֨י הַחֲיָלִ֜ים הֵ֣מָּה וְהָאֲנָשִׁ֗ים כִּֽי־הִפְקִ֤יד מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶל֙ אֶת־גְּדַלְיָ֔הוּ וַיָּבֹ֥אוּ אֶל־גְּדַלְיָ֖הוּ הַמִּצְפָּ֑ה וְיִשְׁמָעֵ֣אל בֶּן־נְתַנְיָ֡ה וְיוֹחָנָ֣ן בֶּן־קָ֠רֵחַ וּשְׂרָיָ֨ה בֶן־תַּנְחֻ֜מֶת הַנְּטֹפָתִ֗י וְיַֽאֲזַנְיָ֙הוּ֙ בֶּן־הַמַּ֣עֲכָתִ֔י הֵ֖מָּה וְאַנְשֵׁיהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* and they.heard all the.commanders of the.armies they and the men (dm).that he.had.appointed the.king of.Babylon (et) Gedaliah and they.came to Gedaliah (the) Mizpah and Ishmael the.son of.Nethaniah and Johanan the.son of.Kareah and Seraiah the.son of.Tanhumeth the Netophathite and Jaazaniah the.son of the.Maacathite they and men their

*JPS 1917:* Now when all the captains of the forces, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite and Jaazaniah the son of the Maacathite, they and their men.

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