H5072 H5072
Nedabiah (personal name: son of Jehoiachin, 'YHWH impels')
A personal name meaning 'whom Yahweh impels' or 'Yahweh moves voluntarily,' belonging to a son of King Jehoiachin (Jeconiah) listed in 1 Chronicles 3:18. This represents one of the Davidic descendants born during the Babylonian exile, part of the royal line that continued despite the monarchy's collapse. The name's Yahwistic element reflects persistent covenant faith even in captivity—parents still invoked YHWH's name and attributes when naming children. The theophoric form (-יָה) makes this explicitly about Yahweh's motivating or impelling action.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Personal name meaning 'Yahweh impels' or 'Yahweh is generous,' identifying a son of the exiled king Jehoiachin. First Chronicles 3:18 lists him among the royal descendants, documenting the Davidic line's continuity in Babylon. The name combines Yahweh with נָדַב (to impel, incite, or act willingly), suggesting either divine prompting or generous action. Spanish 'y-Nedabya' and the transliterations across languages preserve the Hebrew name without translation. This is genealogical data with theological significance: even after Jerusalem's fall, Davidic families maintained their identity and named children with explicit Yahweh theology, keeping messianic hope alive in exile. 1×
AR["وَ-نَدَبْيا"]·ben["ও-নদবীয়"]·DE["[ונדביה]"]·EN["and-Nedavyah"]·FR["[ונדביה]"]·heb["ו-נדביה"]·HI["और-नदब्याह"]·ID["dan-Nedabya"]·IT["[ונדביה]"]·jav["lan-Nédabya"]·KO["느다뱌라"]·PT["e-Nedavyah"]·RU["и-Недавия"]·ES["y-Nedabya"]·SW["na-Nedabia"]·TR["ve-Nedavya"]·urd["و-ندبیہ"]
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
† נְדַבְיָה n.pr.m. (whom Yah impels; in Assyrian Na-ad-bi-ia-a-u JägerBAS i. 468);—son of Jeconiah 1 Ch 3:18. 𝔊 Δενεθει, 𝔊L Ναδαβια.