mīxāyā מִיכָיָה ‘Micaiah’ (Hebrew)
Etymology?:
from mī מִי ‘who?’ and the prefix derivative from kī כִּי ‘for / for if / for since’ and yāh יָהּ ‘YH--’
Roots:
מי
כי
יה
mīxāyā pr n m pers
Micah or Michaiah = "who is like God"
1) the 6th in order of the minor prophets; a native of Moresheth, he prophesied during the reigns of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah of Judah, and was contemporary with the prophets Hosea, Amos, and Isaiah
2) father of Achbor, a man of high station in the reign of Josiah
3) one of the priests at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem