Jeremiah (יִרְמְיָהוּ "the LORD will raise", Standard Hebrew YirmÉ™yáhu, frequently misspelt as Yirmiyáhu, Tiberian Hebrew YirmÉ™yÄhÅ«) (or, perhaps meaning "God will throw, cast away"), (Arabic: Ê”ArmiyÄ, ArmiyÄ Ø£Ø±Ù…ÙŠØ§) one of the 'greater prophets' of the Old Testament. He was the son of Hilkiah, a priest of Anathoth.