H0152 H0152
Adrammelech; name of a deity and a person, meaning 'Adar is prince' or 'Adar is king'
This Hebrew name appears in two distinct contexts. First, Adrammelech was a deity worshiped by people from Sepharvaim, to whom they burned their children in sacrifice (2 Kings 17:31)—a practice YHWH abhorred. Second, Adrammelech was a son of the Assyrian king Sennacherib who, along with his brother Sharezer, murdered their father in the temple of Nisroch and then fled to Ararat (2 Kings 19:37; Isaiah 37:38). The name derives from the Assyrian god Adar combined with 'melek' (king/prince). Whether deity or person, the name carries associations of pagan religion and violence—child sacrifice in one case, patricide in the other.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Translations preserve the name: English 'Adrammelech, and-Adrammelech,' Spanish 'Adramelec, Adramélec,' French 'Adrammelech,' German similar forms. 2 Kings 17:31 identifies Adrammelech as a god to whom the Sepharvites burned their children—syncretistic paganism transplanted to Israel. 2 Kings 19:37 and Isaiah 37:38 name Adrammelech as Sennacherib's parricidal son who struck down his father while he worshiped. The double usage—deity and person—may reflect the common ancient practice of naming children after gods. 3×
AR["لِأَدْرَمَّلِكَ", "وَ-أَدْرَمَلَكُ", "وَأَدْرَمَّلِكُ"]·ben["অদ্রম্মেলেকের-উদ্দেশ্যে", "এবং-অদ্রম্মেলেক", "ও-অদ্রম্মেলক"]·DE["[ואדרמלך]", "und-Adrammelech", "zu-Adrammelech"]·EN["and-Adrammelech", "and-Sharetser", "to-Adrammelech"]·FR["[ואדרמלך]", "et-Adrammelech", "à-Adrammelech"]·heb["ו-אדרמלך", "ל-אדרמלך"]·HI["और-अद्रम्मेलेक", "के-अद्रम्मेलेक"]·ID["dan-Adramelekh", "untuk-Adramelekh"]·IT["[ואדרמלך]", "a-Adrammelech", "e-Adrammelech"]·jav["kagem-Adramèlèk", "lan-Adramelekh", "lan-Adramèlèk"]·KO["그리고-아드라멜렉과", "그리고-아드람멜렉과", "아드람멜렉과"]·PT["e-Adramelekh", "para-Adramelekh"]·RU["Адраммелеху", "и-Адрамелех", "и-Адраммелех"]·ES["a-Adramelec", "y-Adramelec", "y-Adramélec"]·SW["kwa-Adrameleki", "na-Adrameleki"]·TR["Adrammelek'e", "ve-Adrammelek"]·urd["اور-ادرملک", "کے-لیے-ادرملک"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† אַדְרַמֶּ֫לֶךְ n.pr.m. (Adar is prince, Assyrian Adar-malik (?) v. KAT2 284, cf. ABK140; or A. is Counsellor, Decider, cf. DlK 52 f; otherwise SayceRel.Bab. 7; on Bab. god Adar v. SchrKSGW 1880, 19 f DlK 52 f, but SayceRel.Bab. 151 f; Jen;Ko 457 f al. read Assyrian name Ninib; on Carth. יתנאדר v. BaeRel. 54) 1. a god of Sepharvaim 2 K 17:31. 2. parricidal son of Sennacherib 2 K 19:37 Is 37:38.