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title: תִּקְוָה — Tikvah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תִּקְוָה (8616), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Tikvah. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תִּקְוָה

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«תִּקְוָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Tikvah** — 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:** 8616 · **BDB:** תִּקְוָה³

### Glosses

of.Tikvah (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Tikvah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8616/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8616/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (hope; cf. LagBN 131);— father-in-law of Huldah 2 K 22:14, Θεκουαυ, A 𝔊L Θεκ(κ)ουε (= תוקהת 2 Ch 34:22 Kt \[Qr תָּקְהַת\], Καθουαλ, A Θακουαθ, 𝔊L Θεκωε). post-ex. name Ezr 10:15, Ελκεια, A 𝔊L Θεκουε.

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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 (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תִּקְוָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8616/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 10:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.10.15/)

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אַ֣ךְ יוֹנָתָ֧ן בֶּן־עֲשָׂהאֵ֛ל וְיַחְזְיָ֥ה בֶן־תִּקְוָ֖ה עָמְד֣וּ עַל־זֹ֑את וּמְשֻׁלָּ֛ם וְשַׁבְּתַ֥י הַלֵּוִ֖י עֲזָרֻֽם׃

*Word for word:* only Jonathan the.son of.Asahel and Jahzeiah the.son of.Tikvah they.stood on this and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite they supported.them

*JPS 1917:* Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah stood up against this matter; and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them.

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[2 Kings 22:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.22.14/)

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וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ חִלְקִיָּ֣הוּ הַ֠כֹּהֵן וַאֲחִיקָ֨ם וְעַכְבּ֜וֹר וְשָׁפָ֣ן וַעֲשָׂיָ֗ה אֶל־חֻלְדָּ֨ה הַנְּבִיאָ֜ה אֵ֣שֶׁת ׀ שַׁלֻּ֣ם בֶּן־תִּקְוָ֗ה בֶּן־חַרְחַס֙ שֹׁמֵ֣ר הַבְּגָדִ֔ים וְהִ֛יא יֹשֶׁ֥בֶת בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם בַּמִּשְׁנֶ֑ה וַֽיְדַבְּר֖וּ אֵלֶֽיהָ׃

*Word for word:* and he.went Hilkiah the priest and Ahikam and Achbor and Shaphan and Asaiah to Huldah the prophetess the.wife of.Shallum the.son of.Tikvah the.son of.Harhas \[the.one.who\].kept the garments and she \[was\].dwelling in Jerusalem in the.second district and they.spoke to her

*JPS 1917:* So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asaiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe — now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the second quarter — and they spoke with her.

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