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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - גְּמַרְיָה
גְּמַרְיָה
H1587
Transliteration: Gᵉmaryâh
Pronunciation: ghem-ar-yaw'
Definition: Gemariah
Original: גּמריהוּ גּמריה Transliteration: gemaryâh gemaryâhû Phonetic: ghem-ar-yaw'
BDB Definition:
Gemariah = "Jehovah has accomplished"- the son of Shaphan the scribe and father of Michaiah; one of the nobles of Judah who had a chamber in the temple from which Baruch read Jeremiah's alarming prophecy to all the people
- the son of Hilkiah who bore Jeremiah's letter to the captive Jews