חֲכַלְיָה
cha.khal.yah
- Hacaliah
- wait for Yahweh
STEPBible TBESH
Glosses: Hacaliah
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
BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
Glosses: wait for Yahweh
חֲכַלְיָה n.pr.m wait for Yahweh . (mng. dub.; perhaps)—father of Nehemiah