Hebrew word · H3047

יָדָע

yada'

Jada

Appears 2 times in 2 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.2.28;

son of: Onam (H0208H);

brother of: Shammai (H8060);

father of: Jether (H3500I) and Jonathan (H3129)

§ Jada = "He knows"

a Judahite, son of Onam and brother of Shammai, in the genealogy of the sons of Jerahmeel by his wife Atarah

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

1 Chronicles · 2

  1. 1 Chronicles 2:28 וְיָדָ֑ע and Jada

    The sons of Onam: Shammai and Jada. The sons of Shammai: Nadab and Abishur.

    Here: Onam's second son. The name probably means '(God) has known' or 'has cared for', a shortened form of names like Jehoiada. His line comes later, in v. 32.

  2. 1 Chronicles 2:32 יָדָע֙ Jada

    The sons of Jada the brother of Shammai: Jether and Jonathan. Jether died without children.

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