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yaʾăzanyāhū יַאֲזַנְיָ֫הוּ ‘Jaazaniah’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from ʾāzan אָזַן ‘to listen’ and yāh יָהּ ‘YH--’
Roots: אזן יה

yaʾăzanyāhū pr n m pers
Jaazaniah = "Jehovah hears"
1) a Judean, son of the Maachathite, a captain of the Judean forces who visited Gedaliah at Mizpah after Gedaliah had been appointed governor of Judah by Nebuchadnezzar
2) son of Shaphan, an elder of Israel in the days of Ezekiel
3) son of Azur, one of the princes of the people against whom Ezekiel was directed to prophesy
4) a Rechabite, son of Jeremiah the prophet

Mentioned in 2 Kings 25:23 Jeremiah 35:3 Ezekiel 8:11, 11:1

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