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/
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Proper noun
יִרְמְיָה • (yirm'yá) m
- (Abrahamism, biblical) Jeremiah (an ancient prophet, the author of the Book of Jeremiah, and of the Lamentations)
- (biblical) Jeremiah (a book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh)
- a male given name, equivalent to English Jeremiah