Lexical Definition

‎יְהוּדִי‎ Yᵉhûwdîy (yeh-hoo-dee') Jehudi ^N:N-M-P
the same as ‎יְהוּדִי‎

Jehudi.

• § Jehudi = "Jew"
• Jehudi, an Israelite

1) son of Nethaniah and servant of king Jehoiakim

Extended Information

• A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Jer.36.14
• son of: Nethaniah (נְתַנְיָה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. ‎יְהוּדִי‎ proper name, masculine officer of Jehoiakim Jer 36:14; Jer 36:21 (twice in verse); Jer 36:23, ᵐ5 Ioudin (perhaps original appellation Jewish, of one not so by ancestry, see Gf Gie).

Brown-Driver-Briggs References

Profile

Male • Son of Nethaniah • An official who read Jeremiah's scroll to Jehoiakim.

Man living at the time of Divided Monarchy

Jehudi was an official during King Jehoiakim's reign who read Jeremiah's scroll to the king, who then burned it piece by piece.

• A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Jer.36.14;
• only referred to as Jehudi יְהוּדִי;
• a son of Nethaniah נְתַנְיָה.

Jehudi was an official during the reign of King Jehoiakim of Judah. He was the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi. When Baruch, Jeremiah's scribe, read the prophet's scroll in the temple, the officials sent Jehudi to summon Baruch and have him bring the scroll. Jehudi then read the scroll to the officials, who decided to report its contents to the king. Jehudi was then sent to read the scroll to King Jehoiakim. As Jehudi read three or four columns, the king cut off the portion with a scribe's knife and threw it into the fire until the entire scroll was burned. Despite the warnings in the scroll, neither the king nor his officials showed any fear or repentance.

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