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yᵊzanyā יְזַנְיָה ‘Jezaniah’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: probably for yaʾăzanyāhū יַאֲזַנְיָ֫הוּ ‘Jaazaniah’
Roots: יאזניה יאזניהו

yᵊzanyā pr n m pers
Jezaniah = "Jehovah has listened"
1) son of Hoshaiah the Maachathite and one of the captains who escaped from Jerusalem during the last siege of the Babylonians; one of the first to return to Gedaliah at Mizpah where he took a prominent part after the assassination of Gedaliah

Mentioned in Jeremiah 40:8, 42:1

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