יְדָיָהYᵉdâyâh

Jedajah, the name of two Israelites

Pronunciation: yed-aw-yaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3042

Meanings

1. a Simeonite chief (1 Chronicles 4:37)

2. a builder at the wall (Nehemiah 3:10)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

  • 1 Chronicles 4:37 and Ziza son of Shiphi, son of Allon, son of Jedaiah, son of Shimri, son of Shemaiah.
  • Nehemiah 3:10 Next Jedaiah son of Harumaph repaired the wall across from his own house, and next to him was Hattush son of Hashabneiah.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).