King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H2446
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
Word Summary
Chakalyah: perhaps "wait for Yah", father of Nehemiah
Original Word: חֲכַלְיָהTransliteration: 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
חֲכַלְיָה proper name, masculine (meaning dubious; perhaps לְיָהּ חַכֵּה wait for Yahweh, √ חכה, So We? — father of Nehemiah Nehemiah 1:1, ᵐ5 Χελκ(ε)ια, ᵐ5L Χελκιας(ου), א; A Αχαλια; 10:2 ᵐ5 Αχελια, A ᵐ5L Αχαλια.