Uzzah
uz.za is a proper name used for the man who reached for the ark, for a garden, and in family listings.
The name most often identifies the man associated with transporting and touching the ark in the Samuel and Chronicles accounts. It also designates a garden in burial notices and occurs in genealogical or family-list contexts.
Senses in use
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The man in the ark-transport account · dominant
The proper noun identifies the man who, with Ahio, guided or drove the cart carrying the ark in 1 Chronicles 13:7 and 2 Samuel 6:3. In 1 Chronicles 13:9 and 2 Samuel 6:6, the APB renders him reaching out toward the ark when the oxen stumbled; the following verses report his death and the place-name formed after the outbreak against him.
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A garden designation · occasional
In the burial notices, the proper noun occurs in the phrase rendered by the APB as “the garden of Uzzah,” the location of the burials of Manasseh and Amon.
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A name in family listings · occasional
The proper noun occurs in ancestry and group-list clauses: 1 Chronicles 8:7 names Uzzah as a father, while Ezra 2:49 and Nehemiah 7:51 list “the sons of Uzzah” in the APB.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB consistently presents the form as “Uzzah.” In the supplied verses it places that name in narrative actions, the phrase “garden of Uzzah,” and family-list expressions.