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ʾūriyyā אוּרִיָּהAUriah, BUrijah’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from ʾūr אוּר ‘flame’ and yāh יָהּ ‘YH--’
Roots: אור יה
Variants: אוּרִיָּ֫הוּ, אוּרִיָּה

ʾūriyyā pr n m pers
AUriah or Urijah = "Jehovah (Yahweh) is my light (flame)"
1) Hittite husband of Bathsheba
2) a priest who built king Ahaz' heathen altar
3) a priest who rebuilt Jerusalem's wall
BUriah or Urijah = "Jehovah (Yahweh) is my light (flame)"
1) a prophet slain by Jehoiakim

Mentioned in 2 Samuel 11:21, 11:9, 11:11, 11:3, 11:6, 11:7, 11:8, 11:10, 11:12, 11:14, 11:15, 11:16, 11:17, 11:24, 11:26, 12:9, 12:10, 12:15, 23:39 1 Kings 15:5 2 Kings 16:10, 16:11, 16:15, 16:16 Isaiah 8:2 Jeremiah 26:20, 26:21, 26:23 Ezra 8:33 Nehemiah 3:4, 3:21, 8:4 1 Chronicles 11:41

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