H3115 H3115
Jochebed (proper name: 'YHWH is glory'; mother of Moses, Aaron, and Miriam)
This significant name belongs to one of Scripture's most important mothers: the daughter of Levi who married Amram and bore Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. The name means 'Yahweh is glory' or 'glory of Yahweh,' making it one of the earliest biblical names to incorporate the divine name. Interestingly, this challenges some scholarly theories about when the divine name came into use. The name appears only twice, both in Priestly genealogies documenting the Levitical ancestry of Israel's great leaders.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The proper name of Moses's mother, daughter of Levi and wife of Amram (Exod 6:20, Num 26:59, both from the Priestly source). The name means 'Yahweh is glory,' incorporating the divine name in a way that has sparked scholarly discussion about early Yahwism. Standard transliterations are remarkably consistent: English 'Jochebed,' Spanish 'Jocabed' or 'Yokeved,' French 'Jochebed' or 'Jokébed,' German 'Jochebed,' all preserving the name of this matriarch who gave birth to Israel's deliverer. 2×
AR["يُوكَابَدُ", "يُوكَابِدَ"]·ben["ইোখেবেদকে", "যোখেবদ"]·DE["Jochebed"]·EN["Jochebed"]·FR["Jochebed", "Jokébed"]·heb["יוכבד"]·HI["योकेबेद"]·ID["Yokhebed"]·IT["Jochebed"]·jav["Yokhèbèd", "Yokèbèd"]·KO["요게벳", "요게볫"]·PT["Yokheved"]·RU["Йохевед"]·ES["Jocabed", "Yokeved"]·SW["Yokebedi"]·TR["Yokeved", "Yokeved'i"]·urd["یوکبد"]
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
† יוֹכֶ֫בֶד n.pr.f. 𝔊 Ἰωχαβεδ (י׳ is glory; cf. Ph. כבדמלקרת) daughter of Levi, wife of Amram and mother of Moses Ex 6:20 Nu 26:59 (both P).