יְזַנְיָה
ye.zan.yah
- Jezaniah
- Yahweh heareth
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Glosses: Jezaniah
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.25.23;
son of: Hoshaiah (H1955H); also called Jaazaniah at 2Ki.25.23; Azariah at Jer.43.2;
§ Jezaniah = "Jehovah has listened"
son of Hoshaiah the Maachathite and one of the captains who escaped from Jerusalem during the last siege of the Babylonians; one of the first to return to Gedaliah at Mizpah where he took a prominent part after the assassination of Gedaliah
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Glosses: Yahweh heareth
יַאֲזַנְיָ֫הוּ n.pr.m Yahweh heareth a Judæan an elder of Isr. son of Shaphan son of Jeremiah a leading Judæan, son of Azur a leading Judæan . ()