אוּרִיָּה H0223a
Uriah / Uriyahu — theophoric name ('YHWH is my light') borne by a Hittite warrior, a priest, and others
A masculine proper name with the theophoric element -yah(u) meaning 'YHWH is my light' or 'flame of Yah,' appearing in two orthographic forms: the short form Uriyah (36x) and the long form Uriyahu (2x). The most prominent bearer is Uriah the Hittite, Bathsheba's loyal husband whose battlefield death David engineered (2 Sam 11:3-26; 23:39). A second Uriah served as the priest who built Ahaz's foreign altar (2 Kgs 16:10-16; Isa 8:2), and a third appears among the postexilic community (Ezra 8:33; Neh 3:4, 21; 8:4).
Senses
1. Uriah / Uriyahu (proper name, theophoric) — The theophoric proper name Uriah/Uriyahu, borne by at least three biblical figures: Uriah the Hittite, David's slain officer (2 Sam 11:3-26; 23:39); Uriah the priest under Ahaz (2 Kgs 16:10-16; Isa 8:2); and a postexilic Uriah (Ezra 8:33; Neh 3:4). Despite multiple referents, the name remains a single lexical entry. Translations consistently transliterate — English 'Uriah,' Spanish 'Urías,' French 'Urie,' German 'Uria' — with minimal phonological adaptation. 38×
AR["أُورِيّا"]·ben["উরিয়া", "উরিয়াকে", "উরিয়ার"]·DE["Uria"]·EN["Uriah"]·FR["Urie"]·heb["אוריה"]·HI["ऊरिय्याह", "ऊरिय्याह-की", "ऊरिय्याह-के", "ऊरिय्याह-ने", "ऊरिय्याह-से"]·ID["Uria"]·IT["Uria"]·jav["Uria"]·KO["우리야", "우리야가", "우리야를", "우리야의"]·PT["'Uriyah"]·RU["Урии", "Урию", "Урия"]·ES["Urías"]·SW["Uria"]·TR["Uriya", "Uriya'nın", "Uriya'ya", "Uriya'yı"]·urd["اوریاہ", "اوریہ", "اوریہ-نے", "اوریہ-کی", "اوریہ-کے"]
2 Sam 11:3, 2 Sam 11:6, 2 Sam 11:6, 2 Sam 11:7, 2 Sam 11:8, 2 Sam 11:8, 2 Sam 11:9, 2 Sam 11:10, 2 Sam 11:10, 2 Sam 11:11, 2 Sam 11:12, 2 Sam 11:12 (+26 more)
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
אוּרִיָּה n.pr.m. (flame of Yah or my light is Yah v. יָהּ). 1. Hittite husband of Bathsheba 2 S 11:3f; 23:39. 2. priest in reign of Ahaz Is 8:2 2 K 16:10f. 3. priest in time of Nehemiah Ezr 8:33 Ne 3:4, 21; 8:4.