yaazanya · Jaazaniah

What it means

yaazanya (יַאֲזַנְיָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Jaazaniah”.

A personal name meaning "YHWH hears." In 2 Kings 25:23 he is one of the commanders of the forces who came to Gedaliah, son of a Maacathite. Other men also bear it (Jeremiah 35:3; Ezekiel 8:11; 11:1).

How to say it

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

• 2 Kings×1
• Jeremiah×1
• Ezekiel×2

• 2 Kings 25:23

  All the chiefs of the forces, they and the men, heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah, and they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah: Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah son of the Maacathite, they and their men.

• Jeremiah 35:3

  So I took Jaazaniah son of Jeremiah, son of Habazziniah, and his brothers and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites,

• Ezekiel 8:11

  And seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel, with Jaazaniah son of Shaphan standing in their midst, were standing before them, and each with his censer in his hand; and the dense smoke of the cloud of the incense was rising.

• Ezekiel 11:1

  And a spirit lifted me up and brought me to the eastern gate of the house of YHWH, which faces east; and look, at the entrance of the gate twenty-five men, and I saw among them Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, princes of the people.