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yᵊdaʿyā יְדַעְיָה ‘Jedaiah’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from yādaʿ יָדַע ‘to know’ and yāh יָהּ ‘YH--’
Roots: ידע יה

yᵊdaʿyā pr n m pers
Jedaiah = "Jehovah has known"
1) a priest in Jerusalem
2) a man who returned with Zerubbabel
3) a ruler of the priests in the days of Jeshua
4) a post exilic priest
5) one honoured by Jehovah, perhaps one of the above

Mentioned in Zechariah 6:10, 6:14 Ezra 2:36 Nehemiah 12:7, 7:39, 11:10, 12:21, 12:6, 12:19 1 Chronicles 24:7, 9:10

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