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yōxeved יוֹכֶ֫בֶד ‘Jochebed’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from yᵊhōwā יְהֹוָה ‘YHWH/Lord’ contracted and kāvēd כָּבֵד ‘to honor’
Roots: יהווה כבד כבד

yōxeved pr n f pers
Jochebed = "Jehovah is glory"
1) the daughter of Levi, wife and at the same time aunt of Amram, and the mother of Moses, Aaron, and Miriam

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2014 — 2026 Institute for Biblical Content. Biblical Hebrew for linguists: a multilingual analytical biblical Hebrew lexicon.
Editorial Lead of the English section: M. Hardy (ENS, IBC).
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