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# uriah

proper noun (Uriah)

«uriah» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (Bible) Uriah the Hittite was a loyal soldier in King David's army; David took Uriah's wife Bathsheba and had Uriah sent to the front of the battle, where he was killed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uriah/#m1)
2. A man's name. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uriah/#m2)
3. Uriah Heep is a sly, falsely humble villain in Charles Dickens's novel David Copperfield. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uriah/#m3)

### In the lessons

In religion and ethics lessons the story of David and Uriah shows how even a great king did a terrible wrong, and how the prophet Nathan made David face his sin; David then repented. Phrases: «Uriah the Hittite», «a Uriah Heep» (a creepy, fake-humble person).

### Examples

- Uriah was a brave soldier in David's army. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uriah/#x1)
- King David sent Uriah to the front of the battle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uriah/#x2)
- The prophet Nathan told David a story to show he had wronged Uriah. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uriah/#x3)
- David was sorry for what he had done to Uriah. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uriah/#x4)
- Uriah Heep keeps saying he is «very 'umble». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uriah/#x5)
- Uriah would not go home while his fellow soldiers were in danger. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uriah/#x6)

### Note

A name, always with capital U. Pronounced yoo-RYE-uh. «Uriah Heep» is used to describe a person who pretends to be humble but is scheming.

## In Jewish tradition

Uriah the Hittite is the soldier whose wife David took. Other men in the Bible have this name too, such as a priest and the father of Meremoth.

**Interpretation.** The Talmud teaches that David's sin with Bathsheba was serious, and that Uriah was loyal. The prophet Nathan rebuked David, and David repented, and Psalm 51 is read as his prayer.

### Examples

- Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai; (Writings 1CH.11.41, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/uriah/#x1)
- And next unto them repaired Meremoth the son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz. (Writings NEH.3.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/uriah/#x2)
- And one said: 'Is not this Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?' (Prophets 2SA.11.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/uriah/#x3)

### Note

A name, always with capital U. Pronounced yoo-RYE-uh. «Uriah Heep» is used to describe a person who pretends to be humble but is scheming.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «uriah» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uriah/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«uriah» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/uriah.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «uriah» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/uriah/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«uriah» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/uriah.html) on Mova free.