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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - דְּלָיָה
דְּלָיָה
H1806
Transliteration: Dᵉlâyâh
Pronunciation: del-aw-yaw'
Definition: Dalaiah
Original: דּליהוּ דּליה Transliteration: delâyâh delâyâhû Phonetic: del-aw-yaw'
BDB Definition:
Dalaiah or Delaiah = "Jehovah has drawn"- a priest in the time of David, leader of the 23rd course
- a son of Shemaiah, a ruler of Judah in the time of Jeremiah in the court of Jehoiakim
- the head of an exilic family, of uncertain pedigree, claiming to be Israelites in the time of Zerubbabel
- a descendant of Zerubbabel
- the son of Mehetabeel and the father of Shemaiah, a contemporary of Nehemiah