Jonadab

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Jonadab is the name of two people in the Old Testament .

Jonadab advises Prince Amnon ( engraving by Heinrich Aldegrever , 1540)

etymology

The Hebrew name Jonadab is written in MT either יְהֹונָדָב jəhônādāv or יֹונָדָב jônādāv . In both cases it is a question of sentence names, the meaning of which is the same apart from the different theophoric element. The subject (יְהֹו jəhô or יֹו ) is YHWH , the predicate belongs to the root נדב ndv "to be generous / freely give / donate". The name therefore means "YHWH donated (him)".

Jonadab, Shima's son

He was a member of the David's family and an advisor at the royal court ("a very clever, wise man" ( 2 Sam 13.3  EU )). In particular, he gave Amnon fatal advice on how to bring his sister Tamar under his control; It was also he who informed David that Absalom had taken revenge on Amnon because he knew the background. Chapter 2 Samuel 13 with the story of Amnon and Tamar is considered a narrative masterpiece in the Hebrew Bible.

Jonadab, Rechab's son

He was a contemporary of Jehu ( 2 Kings 10). He gave his descendants, the Rechabites , the command not to drink wine, which they followed ( Jeremiah 35).

literature

  • Shimon Bakon: Jonadab, “Friend” of Amnon , in: Jewish Bible Quarterly, Vol. 43, No. 2, 2015, pp. 101–105 ( PDF )
  • Shimon Bar-Efrat : The Second Book of Samuel: a narratological-philological commentary , Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2009, ISBN 978-3-17-020522-2

Individual evidence

  1. Reinhard Achenbach:  Nadab. In: Michaela Bauks, Klaus Koenen, Stefan Alkier (Eds.): The Scientific Biblical Lexicon on the Internet (WiBiLex), Stuttgart 2006 ff.