HebrewH2446Proper Noun (Masculine)

חֲכַלְיָה

cha.khal.yah

“Hacaliah”

1Occurrences

H2446Strong's #

Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Chakaljah, an Israelite

from the base of H2447 (חַכְלִיל) and H3050 (יָהּ); darkness of Jah;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at ; father of: Nehemiah (H5166H), Hanani (H2607J) § Hachaliah = "whom Jehovah enlightens" the father of Nehemiah

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

חֲכַלְיָה appears 1 time in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Nehemiah

Key Passages

Nehemiah 1:1BSB

These are the words of Nehemiah son of Hacaliah:In the month of Chislev, in the twentieth year, while I was in the citadel of Susa,

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.