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נְחֶמְיָה — Brown–Driver–Briggs | Berean Institutes

Brown–Driver–Briggs: נְחֶמְיָה

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נְחֶמְיָה

nĕḥemyâ

Nehemiah

נְחֶמְיָה n.pr.m. (Yah comforts)

1. the son of Hachaliah, governor of Judah under Artaxerxes Longimanus

2. ruler of half the district of Bethzur

3. one of twelve heads of people who returned with Zerubbabel

Brown–Driver–Briggs — CC-BY-4.0

Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) Hebrew Lexicon, openscriptures/HebrewLexicon, CC BY 4.0. Curated by Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project.