אֱוִיל מְרֹדַךְ
e.vil me.ro.dakh
“Evil-merodach”
Definition
Evil-Merodak, a Babylonian king
of Aramaic derivation and probably meaning soldier of Merodak;
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Proper Noun (Masculine)
N:N-M-P
Proper Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
אֱוִיל מְרֹדַךְ appears 2 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
On the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Judah’s King Jehoiachin, in the year Evil-merodach became king of Babylon, he released King Jehoiachin of Judah from prison.
On the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the first year of the reign of Evil-merodach king of Babylon, he pardoned Jehoiachin king of Judah and released him from prison.
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