Tobadonijah ~ ጦባዶንያ: The name “Tob-adonijah” means my good God; the goodness of the foundation of the Lord / HBN, (2 ዜና 17:8) ... [Related term(s):- Tobiah, Tobijah]
The name ‘Tobadonijah’ is derived from ‘Tsub’ (ጹብ), ‘Dany’ (ዳኝ) and ‘Yah’ (ያህ) ፥ the meaning is ‘the goodness of the judgement of Jehovah’ / Ibid.
One of the Levites sent by Jehoshaphat through the cities of Judah to teach the law to the people, “Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tobadonijah, Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, priests.” (2 Chr 17:8)
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ጦባዶንያ ~Tobadonijah: ጹብ ዳኝ ያህ፣ ጦቢያዊ ህያው አዳኝ፣ ጹባዊ ህያው ጌታ፣ ቅዱስ አዳኝ አምላክ ማለት ነው። [አኪጦብ፣ ጦብያ፣ ጦብ]
‘ጹብ’፣ ‘ዳኛ’ እና ‘ህያው’ ከሚሉ ቃላት የተመሠረተ ስም ነው።
በንጉሥ ኢዮሳፍጥ ዘመን የእግዚአብሔርን የሕጉን መጽሐፍ ይዘው በይሁዳ እንዲያስተምሩ ከተለኩ፥ “...አዶንያስን፥ ጦብያን፥ ጦባዶንያን ሰደደ ከእነርሱም ጋር ካህናቱን ኤሊሳማንና ኢዮራምን ሰደደ።” (2 ዜና 17:8)

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