Lexical Definition

‎יִרְאִיָּיה‎ Yirʼîyâyh (yir-ee-yaw') Irijah ^N:N-M-P
from ‎יָרֵא‎ and ‎יָהּ‎; fearful of Jah

Irijah.

• § Irijah = "Jehovah sees me"
• Jirijah, an Israelite

1) son of Shelemiah, a captain of the guard who arrested Jeremiah

Extended Information

• A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Jer.37.13
• son of: Shelemiah (שֶׁלֶמְיָה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎יִרְאִיָּיה֯‎ proper name, masculine see below ‎ראה‎. ‎יָרֵב‎, ‎יְרֻבַּ֫עַל‎, ‎יָרָבְעָם‎, ‎יְרֻבֶּ֫שֶׁת‎ see below ‎ריב‎.

‎יִרְאִיָּיה‎ proper name, masculine (read ‎יִרְאִיָּה‎; ‎׳‎‎י‎ seeth); — officer, Jeremiah's time, Jer 37:13; Jer 37:14, Σαρουια(ς).

Brown-Driver-Briggs References

Profile

Male • Son of Shelemiah • Captain who arrested Jeremiah for desertion.

Man living at the time of Divided Monarchy

Irijah, a captain, arrested Jeremiah on suspicion of desertion to the Babylonians (Jer.37.13-14).

• A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Jer.37.13;
• only referred to as Irijah יִרְאִיָּיה;
• a son of Shelemiah שֶׁלֶמְיָה.

Irijah was a captain of the guard who arrested the prophet Jeremiah at the Benjamin Gate in Jerusalem, as recorded in Jeremiah 37:13-14. When Jeremiah attempted to go to the territory of Benjamin during a lull in the Babylonian siege of Jerusalem, Irijah seized him and accused him of deserting to the Babylonians. Jeremiah denied the charge, but Irijah still brought him to the officials, who beat Jeremiah and imprisoned him. Irijah's name means "Yahweh sees" in Hebrew. His action reflects the tense and suspicious atmosphere in Jerusalem during the Babylonian invasion.

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• Shelemiah (father)