Urijah

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Form of URIAH used in some English versions of the Old Testament (for a character in the Book of Jeremiah).

URIAH   male   Biblical
From the Hebrew name אוּרִיָה ('Uriyah) which meant "YAHWEH is my light". In the Old Testament this is the name of a Hittite warrior in King David's army, the first husband of Bathsheba. David desired Bathsheba so he placed Uriah in the forefront of battle so he would be killed.
YAHWEH   male   Theology
A name of the Hebrew God, represented in Hebrew by the tetragrammaton ("four letters") יהוה (Yod Heh Vav Heh), which was transliterated into Roman script as Y H W H. Because it was considered blasphemous to utter the name of God, it was only written and never spoken, which resulted in the original pronunciation becoming lost. The name may have originally been derived from the old Semitic root הוה (hawah) meaning "to be" or "to become".
EQUIVALENTS
BIBLICAL GREEK: Ourias
BIBLICAL HEBREW: 'Uriyah
BIBLICAL LATIN: Urias
BIBLICAL: Uriah
POLISH: Uriasz
OTHER FORMS
THEOLOGY: Yahweh