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gᵊmaryāhū גְּמַרְיָ֫הוּ ‘Gemariah’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from gāmar גָּמַר ‘to cease’ and yāh יָהּ ‘YH--’
Roots: גמר יה

gᵊmaryāhū pr n m pers
Gemariah = "Jehovah has accomplished"
1) the son of Shaphan the scribe and father of Michaiah; one of the nobles of Judah who had a chamber in the temple from which Baruch read Jeremiah's alarming prophecy to all the people
2) the son of Hilkiah who bore Jeremiah's letter to the captive Jews

Mentioned in Jeremiah 36:10, 29:3, 36:25, 36:12, 36:11

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