Bible Dictionary

Jaala

The name Jaala means “ascending; a little doe or goat”.

Easton's Bible Dictionary 1897

A wild she-goat, one of the Nethinim, whose descendants returned from the Captivity (Neh. 7:58).

Smith's Bible Dictionary 1863

(wild she-goat). Bene-Jaala were among the descendants of "Solomon’s slaves" who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel. (Nehemiah 7:58) (B.C. before 536.) The name also occurs as Ja-alah.