H3147 H3147
Jotham -- proper name meaning 'YHWH is perfect,' borne by Gideon's youngest son and a king of Judah
A theophoric name meaning 'Yahweh is perfect' or 'YHWH is complete,' borne by three biblical figures. The most dramatic is Jotham son of Gideon (Jerubbaal), sole survivor of Abimelech's massacre of seventy brothers, who delivered the famous fable of the trees seeking a king from atop Mount Gerizim (Judg 9:5-21). The most politically significant is Jotham king of Judah, son of Uzziah, who governed as regent during his father's leprosy and reigned in his own right (2 Kgs 15:5-38; 2 Chr 27). His name anchors the superscriptions of Isaiah, Hosea, and Micah, placing their prophecies chronologically. A minor Calebite figure also bears the name (1 Chr 2:47).
Senses
1. Jotham (proper name) — The proper masculine name Yotam (יוֹתָם), meaning 'YHWH is perfect/complete,' designating three individuals. Most memorably, Jotham son of Gideon escaped Abimelech's fratricide and pronounced his parable of the bramble-king from Mount Gerizim (Judg 9:5-21, 57). Jotham king of Judah served first as regent during his leprous father Uzziah's quarantine, then as sole ruler (2 Kgs 15:5, 32-38; 2 Chr 26:21-27:9), and appears in the prophetic dating formulae of Isaiah 1:1, Hosea 1:1, and Micah 1:1. A minor Calebite figure also bears the name (1 Chr 2:47). Translations transliterate consistently: Jotham, Jotam (Spanish/German), Yotam. 24×
AR["وَيُوثَامُ", "يوثام", "يوثامَ", "يُوتَام", "يُوثَام", "يُوثَامَ", "يُوثَامُ"]·ben["এবং-যোথম", "যোথম", "যোথমের"]·DE["Jotam", "Jotham", "Yotam", "Yotham", "[יותם]", "und-Yotam"]·EN["Jotham", "Yotam", "Yotham", "and-Yotam"]·FR["Jotham", "Yotam", "Yotham", "et-Yotam"]·heb["ו-יותם", "יותם"]·HI["और-योताम", "योताम", "योताम-का", "योताम-की", "योताम-के"]·ID["Yotam", "dan-Yotam"]·IT["Iotam", "Jotam", "Jotham", "Yotam", "Yotham", "e-Yotam"]·jav["Yotam", "lan-Yotam"]·KO["그리고-요탐이", "요담", "요담과", "요담은", "요담의", "요담이", "요탐", "요탐-의", "요탐이"]·PT["Yotam", "e-Yotam"]·RU["Иотам", "Иотама", "Иофам", "Иофама", "Йотам", "Йотама", "и-Йотам"]·ES["Jotam", "Yotam", "y-Jotam"]·SW["Yothamu", "na-Yothamu", "ya-Yothamu"]·TR["Yotam", "Yotam'in", "Yotam'un", "Yotam'ın", "ve-Yotam"]·urd["اور-یوتام", "یوتام", "یوتام-کی", "یوتام-کے"]
Judg 9:5, Judg 9:7, Judg 9:21, Judg 9:57, 2 Kgs 15:5, 2 Kgs 15:7, 2 Kgs 15:30, 2 Kgs 15:32, 2 Kgs 15:36, 2 Kgs 15:38, 2 Kgs 16:1, 1 Chr 2:47 (+12 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
† יוֹתָם n.pr.m. (י׳ is perfect)— 1. king of Judah, son of Azariah (𝔊 Ἰωαθαμ, Ἰωαθαν, Ἰωναθαν) 2 K 15:5, 7, 30, 32, 36, 38; 16:1 Ch 3:12; 5:17 2 Ch 26:21, 23; 27:1, 6, 7, 9; Is 1:1; 7:1; Ho 1:1; Mi 1:1. 2. youngest son of Jerubbaal (Gideon) Ju 9:5, 7, 21, 57 (𝔊 ut supr.; Codd. Ἰωθαμ, Ἰωαθαμ). 3. a descendant of Caleb 1 Ch 2:47 (𝔊 Ἰωαθαμ).