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גְּמַרְיָה

gemarya · Gemariah

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H1587 · appears 5 times in the Bible

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What it means

gemarya (גְּמַרְיָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Gemariah”.

A name meaning "YHWH has accomplished," borne by two men in Jeremiah's time.

How to say it

ge·mar·ya

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Where it appears

  • Jeremiah 29:3

    by the hand of Eleasah son of Shaphan and Gemariah son of Hilkiah, whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, to Babylon, saying:

  • Jeremiah 36:10

    And Baruch read in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of YHWH, in the chamber of Gemariah son of Shaphan the scribe, in the upper court, at the entrance of the New Gate of the house of YHWH, in the ears of all the people.

  • Jeremiah 36:11

    And Micaiah son of Gemariah, son of Shaphan, heard all the words of YHWH from the book,

  • Jeremiah 36:12

    and he went down to the house of the king, into the chamber of the scribe; and look, there all the princes were sitting: Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan son of Achbor, and Gemariah son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah son of Hananiah, and all the princes.

  • Jeremiah 36:25

    And even though Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah pleaded with the king not to burn the scroll, he did not listen to them.