Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. VII, 1951 Sacred Scripture Peoples and figures

Jochabed

IOCHABED

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Also known as: Jocabed, Jochebed, Yocheved, Yokheved

JOCHABED (HEB. JĀHHEBHEDH). - A woman of the tribe of Levi; born in Egypt, she was the wife of Amram, her nephew. She is the mother of Moses (Ex. 6:20; Num. 26:58 ff.). Through her shrewdness, she saved the life of this son of hers and managed to become his nurse, when, forced to expose him in the Nile in a papyrus basket, he was taken up by the daughter of Pharaoh (Ex. 2:1-10).

I. is the only theophoric name, before the Revelation of Sinai (Ex. 3:13 ff.; 6:2 ff.), in which the element Jā, an abbreviation of Yahweh, appears; but this element could easily have been substituted for 'El or rather for 'El.

Bibliography4 works

BIBL.: M. Noth, Die israelitischen Personennamen... Leipzig 1928, p. 111; A. Bea, De Pentateucho, 2nd ed., Rome 1933, p. 52 ff.; J. Lagrange, L'authenticité mosaïque de la Genèse et la théorie des documents, in Revue biblique, 47 (1938), p. 174 ff.; A. Vaccari, La S. Bibbia, I, Florence 1943, pp. 184 ff., 193.

Francesco Spadafora

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII (1951), col. 148.

More by Francesco Spadafora: Jobab (Heb. Jābhābh) · Joel (Heb. Jā'el "Yahweh is God"; Vulg.: Ioel and Iohel) · Joas (Heb. Jō'āf and Jēhō'āf; Greek: 'Iōzōz) · Johanan (HEB. JĒHĀHĀNĀN AND JĀHĀNĀN "JAHWEH IS GRACIOUS") · Jonadab (Heb. Jēhōnādhābh and Jōnādhābh)

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Spadafora, Francesco. “Iochabed (Ebr. JĀHhebhedh).” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, col. 148. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/iochabed-ebr-jahhebhedh.

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Spadafora, Francesco. “Iochabed (Ebr. JĀHhebhedh).” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 148. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/iochabed-ebr-jahhebhedh.

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  author    = {Spadafora, Francesco},
  title     = {Iochabed (Ebr. JĀHhebhedh)},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {VII},
  pages     = {148},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1951},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/iochabed-ebr-jahhebhedh}
}

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