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Tanhumeth

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[some Tanhu'meth] (Heb. Tanchu'meth, תִּנְחֻמֶת, consolation; Sept. Θαναμάθ or Θαναεμέθ ‘ v.r. Θανεμάθ, etc.; Vulg. Thanehumeth) the father (Fü rst says mother, as the name is fem.) of Seraiah, in the time of Gedaliah (2 Kings 25:23, where he appears as a Netophathite by the clerical omission of another name, as is evident from the parallel passage, Jeremiah 40:8). B.C. ante 582.