H8576 H8576
Tanhumeth (Judahite captain's father after Jerusalem's fall)
Tanhumeth was the father of Seraiah, a Judahite military captain who came to Gedaliah at Mizpah after Jerusalem fell to Babylon (2 Kings 25:23, Jeremiah 40:8). These commanders represented the remaining Jewish forces in the land after the 586 BC destruction. Seraiah son of Tanhumeth is listed among those who pledged support to Gedaliah's Babylonian-backed governorship. The name appears only in these parallel passages. Some scholars suggest it may be an Egyptian name (one scholar proposes 'T-s-ḥ-m-t'), though this remains speculative.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The name occurs in parallel accounts (Kings/Jeremiah) identifying Seraiah's father in post-destruction Judah. Translations consistently transliterate: Spanish 'Tanjumet/Tankhumet,' French 'Tanchumet.' The LXX and other versions preserve similar forms, treating it as a personal name. The historical context is the chaotic aftermath of Jerusalem's fall, with military captains gathering at Mizpah—Tanhumeth's son among them, representing continuity of Judahite leadership even in disaster. 2×
AR["تَنْحُومَةَ", "تَنْحُومَتَ"]·ben["তন্হুমতের", "তন্হুমথের"]·DE["Tanchumet", "[תנחמת]"]·EN["Tanchumet"]·FR["Tanchumet", "[תנחמת]"]·heb["תנחומת"]·HI["तन्खुमेत", "तन्हूमत"]·ID["-Tanhumet", "Tanhumet"]·IT["Tanchumet", "[תנחמת]"]·jav["Tanhumet", "Tankhumet"]·KO["단후멧의", "단후및의"]·PT["Tanchumet"]·RU["Танхумета"]·ES["Tanjumet", "Tankhumet"]·SW["Tanhume", "Tanhumethi"]·TR["Tanhumet'in"]·urd["تنحومت-کا"]
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
† תַּנְחֻ֫מֶת n.pr.m. (? LagBN 126 f. thinks f.) parent of Seraiah, a Hebr. captain, after fall of Jerus. Je 40:8 = 2 K 25:23 (Lagl.c. conj. תסחמת, Egyptian name).