גְּדַלְיָ֫הוּ H1436b
Gedalyahu — personal name meaning 'Yah(u) is great,' borne by the governor of Judah and other biblical figures.
A theophoric name compounding גָּדַל ('to be great') with the divine name, yielding 'Yahweh is great.' Its most prominent bearer is the governor appointed by Nebuchadnezzar over the remnant in Judah after Jerusalem's destruction (2 Kgs 25:22-25; Jer 39-43), whose assassination precipitated the flight to Egypt. The same name belongs to a son of Pashur among Jerusalem's officials (Jer 38:1) and a Levitical musician descended from Jeduthun (1 Chr 25:3, 9). All 26 occurrences use the longer -yahu suffix form; the shorter גְּדַלְיָה appears elsewhere. Spanish 'Gedalías' and German 'Gedalja' adapt the name phonologically while preserving its identity.
Senses
1. Gedalyahu (proper name) — The proper name Gedalyahu, borne by at least three individuals. The governor of Judah (2 Kgs 25:22-25; Jer 39:14-43:6) accounts for the majority of occurrences; his assassination is commemorated in the Fast of Gedaliah. A second Gedalyahu was a Jerusalemite official in Jeremiah's time (Jer 38:1), and a third served among the Levitical musicians under David (1 Chr 25:3, 9). Cross-language renderings—English 'Gedaliah,' German 'Gedalja'—all transliterate the same Hebrew source. 26×
AR["جَدَلْيَا", "جَدَلْيَاهُو"]·ben["গদলিয়", "গদলিয়কে", "গদলিয়ের", "গদলীয়াহু"]·DE["Gedalja"]·EN["Gedalyahu"]·FR["Guedalia", "[גדליהו]"]·heb["גדליהו"]·HI["गदल्याह", "गदल्याह-ने", "गदल्याहू"]·ID["Gedalya"]·IT["Ghedalia", "[גדליהו]"]·jav["Gédalya"]·KO["게달리야", "게달리야가", "게달리야는", "게달리야를", "게달리야에게", "게달리야와", "게달리야의"]·PT["Gedalyahu"]·RU["Гедалией", "Гедалии", "Гедалияhу", "Гедалияу", "Гедальягу"]·ES["Gedalyahu", "Gedalías"]·SW["Gedalia", "Gedaliya"]·TR["Gedalya", "Gedalya'nın", "Gedalya'ya", "Gedalya'yla", "Gedalya'yı"]·urd["جدلیاہ", "جدلیاہ-نے", "جدلیاہ-کے"]
2 Kgs 25:22, 2 Kgs 25:23, 2 Kgs 25:23, 2 Kgs 25:24, 2 Kgs 25:25, 1 Chr 25:3, 1 Chr 25:9, Jer 38:1, Jer 39:14, Jer 40:7, Jer 40:9, Jer 40:11 (+14 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
גְּדַלְיָ֫הוּ n.pr.m. (Yah(u) is great)— 1. governor of Judea = גדליה 2 K 25:22–25 Je 39:14; 40:6–16; 41:1–18; 43:6 (24 times) 2. son of Pashur, one of the chiefs of Jerusalem in the time of Jeremiah Je 38:1. 3. one of the sons of Jeduthun, in the time of David 1 Ch 25:3, 9.