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Hodaviah (Hodayahu), a personal name meaning 'praise Yah'
This personal name appears with textual variants (Ketiv/Qere) in 1 Chronicles 3:24, listing descendants of the Davidic line. The name means 'praise Yah' or 'my praise is Yah,' reflecting the common practice of forming names from the root for praise (hodah) combined with the divine name. The textual variants show slight spelling differences but represent the same person—a post-exilic descendant in Judah's royal genealogy, preserving the hope of continued Davidic lineage.
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Senses
1. sense 1 — The brackets in the glosses indicate Ketiv/Qere variants: the written text (Hodayahu) differs slightly from the reading tradition (Hodavyahu). Both forms appear in 1 Chronicles 3:24, listing the same individual in the Davidic genealogy. The name's meaning ('praise Yah') situates it among theophoric names celebrating worship. The preservation of this name in the genealogy, despite the exile, witnesses to the enduring hope in God's promises to David's house. 2×
DISCOURSE_NAMES › Names of Persons and Places › Personal Names
AR["[هَديوهو]", "هودَوْياهو"]·ben["(হোদবীয়)", "[হোদবীয়]"]·DE["[הדיוהו]", "[הודויהו]"]·EN["(Hodavyahu)", "[K: Hodayahu]"]·FR["[הדיוהו]", "[הודויהו]"]·heb["הדיוהו", "הודויהו"]·HI["(होदव्याहू)", "[होद्याहू]"]·ID["Hodawya", "[Hodayahu]"]·IT["[הדיוהו]", "[הודויהו]"]·jav["Hodawya", "[Hodawya]"]·KO["(호다위야와)", "[호다위후]"]·PT["(Hodavyahu)", "[Hodayahu]"]·RU["Годавия", "Годавьяху"]·ES["(Hodavyahu)", "[Hodavyahu]"]·SW["(Hodavya)", "[Hodavya]"]·TR["(Hodavyahu)", "[Hodavya]"]·urd["(ہودویہو)", "[ہدیوہو]"]
1 Chr 3:24, 1 Chr 3:24
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
† הֻיְּדוֹת n.f.pl. songs of praise;—Ne 12:8; so Thes but dub.; Ew§ 165 b abstr. הֻיְּדוּת (many MSS.) praising; Ol§ 220 reads inf. הוֹדוֹת.