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Meaning, origin and etymology of the name Jochebed


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Jochebed Jochebed

Jochebed is the mother of Miriam, Aaron and Moses. She is also a daughter of Levi, sister of Gershon, Kohath and Merari (Ex 6:16). Because her husband Amram is a son of Kohath, their children are both grandchildren and great-grandchildren of Levi.

The name Jochebed is a combination of two elements:
The first part is jah, which is the commonly accepted abbreviated form of YHWH, which is YHWH, the Name of the Lord. This very short abbreviation of YHWH also occurs in the names Joab and Jonathan.

The second part comes from the word kabed (kabed 943) meaning heavy, honorable, glorious. The basic meaning of kabed kabed 943) is to be heavy, weighty. But the use as `weighty' in society, and thus honorable, finds its extreme in the translation `glorious'.

The name Jochebed means YHWH is Glory.



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