STRONGS NUMBER H2446


Word Summary
Chakalyah: perhaps "wait for Yah", father of Nehemiah
Original Word: חֲכַלְיָה
Transliteration: Chakalyah
Phonetic Spelling: (khak-al-yaw')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: perhaps "wait for Yah", father of Nehemiah
Meaning: Hacaliah -- perhaps "wait for Yah", father of Nehemiah
Strong's Concordance
Hachaliah

From the base of chakliyl and Yahh; darkness of Jah; Chakaljah, an Israelite -- Hachaliah.

see HEBREW chakliyl

see HEBREW Yahh

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H2446. Chakalyah

חֲכַלְיָהproper name, masculine (meaning dubious; perhaps לְיָהּ חַכֵּהwait for Yahweh, √ חכה‎, So We? — father of Nehemiah Nehemiah 1:1, ᵐ5Χελκ(ε)ια, ᵐ5L Χελκιας(ου), א‎; A Αχαλια; 10:2 ᵐ5Αχελια, A ᵐ5L Αχαλια.