יְזַנְיָה

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H3153

Transliteration: Yᵉzanyâh

Pronunciation: yez-an-yaw'

Definition: Jezaniah

Original: יזניהוּ יזניה

Transliteration: yezanyâh yezanyâhû

Phonetic: yez-an-yaw'

BDB Definition:

Jezaniah = "Jehovah has listened"

son of Hoshaiah the Maachathite and one of the captains who escaped from Jerusalem during the last siege of the Babylonians; one of the first to return to Gedaliah at Mizpah where he took a prominent part after the assassination of Gedaliah

Origin: probably for H2970" class="dictionary-topic-link">H2970

TWOT entry: None

Part(s) of speech: Proper Name Masculine