Hebrew word · H8576

תַּנְחֻ֫מֶת

tanchumet

Tanhumeth

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

What it means

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.25.23;

father of: Seraiah (H8304I)

§ Tanhumeth = "consolation"

father of Seraiah, a leader who joined Gedaliah after Jerusalem's fall

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

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Where it appears

2 Kings · 1

  1. 2 Kings 25:23 תַּנְחֻ֜מֶת Tanhumeth

    When all the commanders of the armies and their men heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah as governor, they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah son of the Maacathite, as well as their men.

Jeremiah · 1

  1. Jeremiah 40:8 תַּנְחֻ֜מֶת Tanhumeth

    they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth, the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah son of the Maacathite—they and their men.

    Here: Seraiah's father. The name comes from the root 'to comfort' (n-ḥ-m).

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