Hebrew word · H3229

יִמְלָה

yimlah

Imlah

Appears 4 times in 4 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ki.22.8;

father of: Micaiah (H4321)

§ Imlah or Imla = "whom God will fill up"

father of Michaiah the prophet

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 Kings · 2

  1. 1 Kings 22:8 יִמְלָ֑ה Imlah

    The king of Israel answered, “There is still one man through whom we can inquire of the LORD, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, but only bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” “The king should not say that!” Jehoshaphat replied.

    Here: The father's name, perhaps 'he fills / completes'. Nothing more is known of him.

  2. 1 Kings 22:9 יִמְלָֽה׃ Imlah

    So the king of Israel called one of his officials and said, “Bring Micaiah son of Imlah at once.”

2 Chronicles · 2

  1. 2 Chronicles 18:7 יִמְלָ֑א Imlah

    The king of Israel answered, “There is still one man through whom we can inquire of the LORD, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, but only bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” “The king should not say that!” Jehoshaphat replied.

    Here: The father's name, otherwise unknown. Chronicles spells it with a final aleph. Kings has a final he.

  2. 2 Chronicles 18:8 יִמְלָֽא׃ Imlah

    So the king of Israel called one of his officials and said, “Bring Micaiah son of Imlah at once.”

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