Gender Feminine Usage Biblical Scripts יְהוֹעָדָּן, יְהוֹעָדִין(Ancient Hebrew) Meaning & History Means "Yahweh delights" in Hebrew, from the roots יְהוֹ (yeho) referring to the Hebrew God and עָדַן (ʿaḏan) meaning "to delight". In the Old Testament she was the wife of King Joash of Judah, and the mother of his successor King Amaziah.