Yirmiyahu (ירמיהו) means Jeremiah in Hebrew.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
יִרְמְיָהוּ
yirmiyahu
noun · masculine
In English
Jeremiah
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 3 meanings for Yirmiyahu.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1שם פרטי לזכר.
בֶּן־עֶשְׂרִים וְאַחַת שָׁנָה צִדְקִיָּהוּ בְמָלְכוֹ, וְאַחַת עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה מָלַךְ בִּירוּשָׁלִָם; וְשֵׁם אִמּוֹ, חֲמוּטַל בַּת־יִרְמְיָהוּ מִלִּבְנָה.
- 2נביא זעם שפעל בשלהי תקופת בית ראשון ובימי החורבן, וחווה יסורים קשים בעקבות תוכחותיו.
וַיִּקְרָא יִרְמְיָהוּ אֶת־בָּרוּךְ בֶּן־נֵרִיָּה; וַיִּכְתֹּב בָּרוּךְ מִפִּי יִרְמְיָהוּ אֵת כָּל־דִּבְרֵי יהוה אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּר אֵלָיו, עַל־מְגִלַּת־סֵפֶר.
- 3אחד משלושת ספרי נביאים אחרונים שאינם כלולים בתרי עשר, המרכז את נבואותיו של אותו נביא
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Yirmiyahu is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- יִרְמְיָהוּ
- Written without vowel points
- ירמיהו
- Said
- yirmiyahu
- Root
- ר־מ־ה
- Gematria
- 271
This is how Yirmiyahu is said in other languages.
- English
- Jeremiah
- Arabic
- إِرمِيا
- Russian
- Иеремия
- French
- Jérémie
- Spanish
- Jeremías
- German
- Jeremia
The word Yirmiyahu comes from the root ר־מ־ה, like these words.
These words come before and after Yirmiyahu in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Yirmiyahu.
What does Yirmiyahu (ירמיהו) mean in Hebrew?
Yirmiyahu (ירמיהו) means Jeremiah. It is said yirmiyahu, with the stress on ya.
Is Yirmiyahu (ירמיהו) masculine or feminine?
The word Yirmiyahu (ירמיהו) is a masculine noun.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry ירמיהו of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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