H2446: חֲכַלְיָה
Chăkalyâh · pronounced khak-al-yaw' · “Hacaliah”
Definition
Chakaljah, an Israelite
KJV translates it as: Hachaliah.
Word origin: from the base of H2447 (חַכְלִיל) and H3050 (יָהּ); darkness of Jah;
Extended definition
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Neh.1.1;
father of: Nehemiah (H5166H), Hanani (H2607J)
§ Hachaliah = "whom Jehovah enlightens"
the father of Nehemiah
father of: Nehemiah (H5166H), Hanani (H2607J)
§ Hachaliah = "whom Jehovah enlightens"
the father of Nehemiah
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H2446 is translated
- hacaliah ×2
Bible verses with H2446 (Chăkalyâh)
Chăkalyâh appears in 2 verses.
- Nehemiah 1:1
The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,
- Nehemiah 10:1
Now those that sealed were, Nehemiah, the Tirshatha, the son of Hachaliah, and Zidkijah,