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# יוֹנָדָב

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H3122

**Jonadab** — used 7 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

Jonadab [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3122/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

יְהוֹנָדָב: n.pr.m. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3122/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (י׳ is noble, or is liberal, or hath impelled, cf. נְדַבְיָה)— יְהוֹ׳ son of Rechab & chief of the Rechabites (𝔊 Ἰωναδαβ) 2 K 10:15(×2), 23; Je 35:8, 14, 16, 18; = יוֹ׳ Je 35:6, 10, 19. יְהוֹ׳ nephew of David (𝔊 Ἰωναδαβ, Ἰωναδαμ; 𝔊L Ἰωναθαν) 2 S 13:5; = יוֹ׳ 2 S 13:3(×2), 32, 35; (appar. called Jonathan 2 S 21:21; 1 Ch 20:7, cf. יְהוֹנָתָן 3.)

Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: Jonadab (6); \[was\] Jonadab (1).

## In the verses

[Jeremiah 35:10](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.35.10/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.35.10/#tree)

וַנֵּ֖שֶׁב בָּֽאֳהָלִ֑ים וַנִּשְׁמַ֣ע וַנַּ֔עַשׂ כְּכֹ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּ֖נוּ יוֹנָדָ֥ב אָבִֽינוּ׃

*Word for word:* and we.have.dwelt in tents and we.have.obeyed and we.have.done according to.all that he commanded.us Jonadab ancestor our

*JPS 1917:* but we have dwelt in tents, and have hearkened, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.

[2 Samuel 13:3](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.13.3/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.13.3/#tree)

וּלְאַמְנ֣וֹן רֵ֗עַ וּשְׁמוֹ֙ יֽוֹנָדָ֔ב בֶּן־שִׁמְעָ֖ה אֲחִ֣י דָוִ֑ד וְי֣וֹנָדָ֔ב אִ֥ישׁ חָכָ֖ם מְאֹֽד׃

*Word for word:* and.\[belonged\] to Amnon a.friend and name his \[was\].Jonadab the.son of.Shimeah the.brother of.David and Jonadab \[was\].a.man shrewd very

*JPS 1917:* But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother; and Jonadab was a very subtle man.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3122.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3122/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).