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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - יֹויָכִין
יֹויָכִין
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Transliteration: Yôwyâkîyn
Pronunciation: yo-yaw-keen'
Definition: Jehoiachin
Original: יויכין Transliteration: yôyâkı̂yn Phonetic: yo-yaw-keen'
BDB Definition:
Jehoiachin = "Jehovah establishes"- king of Judah, son of Jehoiakim, and the next to last king of Judah before the Babylonian captivity; kingship lasted for 3 months and 10 days before he surrendered to Nebuchadnezzar who took him to Babylon and imprisoned him for 36 years when he was finally released