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yaʿălāʾ יַעֲלָא ‘Jaala’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: the same as yaʿălā יַעֲלָה ‘doe’ or a directive from yāʿal יָעַל ‘to gain’
Roots: יעלה יעל

yaʿălāʾ pr n m pers
Jaala or Jaalah = "ascending"
1) the head of a family of the descendants of Solomon's slaves who returned from exile with Zerubbabel

Mentioned in Ezra 2:56 Nehemiah 7:58

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