Lexical 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. |