Hachaliah — the meaning of the Hebrew name חֲכַלְיָה

חֲכַלְיָה

Chăkalyâh · pronounced khak-al-yaw' · Strong's H2446 · a man

Hachaliah means darkness of Jah.

Built from

חַכְלִיל chaklîyl (the base of, H2447) — by reduplication from an unused root apparently meaning to be dark open in the lexicon ›

יָהּ Yâhh (and, H3050) — 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, (KJV)

Every verse that names Hachaliah

2 occurrences in 2 verses — Nehemiah

Neh 1:1Neh 10:2

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