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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - אוּרִיָּה
אוּרִיָּה
H223
Transliteration: ʼÛwrîyâh
Pronunciation: oo-ree-yaw'
Definition: Uriah
Original: אוּריּהוּ אוּריּה Transliteration: 'ûrı̂yâh 'ûrı̂yâhû Phonetic: oo-ree-yaw'
BDB Definition:
Uriah or Urijah = "Jehovah (Yahweh) is my light (flame)"- Hittite husband of Bathsheba
- a priest who built king Ahaz' heathen altar
- a priest who rebuilt Jerusalem's wall
- a prophet slain by Jehoiakim