H5418 H5418
Nethaniah or Netanyahu, a personal name meaning 'Yahweh has given,' borne by several men in the Hebrew Bible.
A theophoric personal name meaning 'Yahweh has given,' combining natan ('he gave') with the divine name. Its most notorious bearer is Nethaniah father of Ishmael, who assassinated Gedaliah the governor appointed by Nebuchadnezzar — an event so significant it is commemorated in the Jewish fast of Gedaliah (2 Kgs 25:23, 25; Jer 40–41). Other bearers include the father of Jehudi (Jer 36:14), a Levite teacher sent by Jehoshaphat (2 Chr 17:8), and a temple musician (1 Chr 25:2, 12). The two spelling forms — Nethanyahu and Nethanyah — alternate freely throughout the text.
Senses
1. Nethaniah, Netanyahu (proper name) — The personal name Nethaniah/Netanyahu (netan-yahu, 'Yahweh has given'), referring to multiple individuals: most prominently the father of Ishmael who murdered Governor Gedaliah (2 Kgs 25:23, 25; Jer 40:8–41:18), also the father of Jehudi (Jer 36:14), a Levitical teacher (2 Chr 17:8), and a temple singer (1 Chr 25:2, 12). The longer form Netanyahu and shorter Nethaniah represent the same name with and without the full divine suffix. Multilingual renderings — Spanish 'Netanías,' French 'Nethania,' German 'Netanja' — all preserve the theophoric element. 20×
AR["نَتَنْيَا", "نَثَنْيَاهُو", "وَ-نَثَنْيَا", "وَنَتَنْيَا"]·ben["আর-নথনীয়া", "ও-নথনিয়", "নথনিয়ের", "নথনীয়াহু"]·DE["Netanja", "Netanyah", "Netanyahu", "[ונתניה]", "[ונתניהו]", "[נתניהו]"]·EN["Netanyah", "Netanyahu", "and-Netanyah", "and-Nethaniah"]·FR["Netanyah", "Netanyahu", "Nethania", "[ונתניה]", "[ונתניהו]", "[נתניהו]"]·heb["ו-נתניה", "ו-נתניהו", "נתניה", "נתניהו"]·HI["और-नतन्या", "नतन्याह", "नतन्याहू"]·ID["-Netanya", "Netanya", "dan-Netanya"]·IT["Netania", "Netanyah", "Netanyahu", "[ונתניה]", "[ונתניהו]", "[נתניהו]"]·jav["Netanya", "Nétanya", "lan-Nètanya", "lan-Nétanya"]·KO["그리고-느다냐와", "그리고-느단니야", "네타냐의", "느단니야", "느단야의", "느타냐의"]·PT["Netanyah", "Netanyahu", "e-Netanyah", "e-Netanyahu"]·RU["Нетании", "Нетанияу", "Нетаньи", "Нетаньягу", "Нефании", "и-Нетанья", "и-Нетаньяху"]·ES["Netanyah", "Netanyahu", "Netanías", "y-Netanyahu", "y-Netanías"]·SW["Nethania", "Nethaniya", "na-Nethania"]·TR["Netanya", "Netanya'nın", "ve-Netanya", "ve-Netanyahu"]·urd["اور-نتنیاہ", "اور-نتنیاہو", "نتنیاہ", "نتنیاہ-کا", "نتنیاہ-کے"]
2 Kgs 25:23, 2 Kgs 25:25, 1 Chr 25:2, 1 Chr 25:12, 2 Chr 17:8, Jer 36:14, Jer 40:8, Jer 40:14, Jer 40:15, Jer 41:1, Jer 41:2, Jer 41:6 (+8 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
† נְתַנְיָ֫הוּ, נְתַנְיָה n.pr.m. (cf. GrayProp. N. 294), 𝔊 Ναθανιας;— 1. נְתַנְיָ֫הוּ father of Jehudi Je 36:14. 2. נ׳ father of Ishmael Gedaliah’s murderer Je 40:8; 41:9 = נְתַנְיָה 2 K 25:23, 25; Je 40:14, 15; 41:1 + 9 times Je 41. 3. נְתַנְיָ֫הוּ Levite name: a. 2 Ch 17:8. b. 1 Ch 25:12 = נְתַנְיָה v 2.