ירמיה

Hebrew

Alternative forms

• יִרְמְיָהוּ (yirm'yáhu)

Etymology

Theophoric, probably from ירים (yarim, “he will raise”) +‎ ־יהו (-yáhu, “the LORD”), literally meaning “Yahweh will raise.”

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /jiʁm.ˈja/

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

יִרְמְיָה • (yirm'yá) m

1. (Abrahamism, biblical) Jeremiah (an ancient prophet, the author of the Book of Jeremiah, and of the Lamentations)
2. (biblical) Jeremiah (a book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh)
3. a male given name, equivalent to English Jeremiah

Descendants

• Ancient Greek: Ἰερεμίᾱς (Ieremíās)
  • Greek: Ιερεμίας (Ieremías)
  • Old Armenian: Երեմիա (Eremia)
    • Armenian: Երեմիա (Eremia)
• English: Jeremiah

References

• H3414 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible