Hachaliah — the meaning of the Hebrew name חֲכַלְיָה
חֲכַלְיָה
Hachaliah means darkness of Jah.
Built from
חַכְלִיל chaklîyl — by reduplication from an unused root apparently meaning to be dark open in the lexicon ›
יָהּ Yâhh — Jah, the sacred name open in the lexicon ›
Strong's definition
from the base of H2447 and H3050; darkness of Jah; Chakaljah, an Israelite.
First appearance
Neh 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,
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