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nᵊʿaryā נְעַרְיָה ‘Neariah’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from naʿar נַ֫עַר ‘youth’ and yāh יָהּ ‘YH--’
Roots: נער יה

nᵊʿaryā pr n m pers
Neariah = "servant of Jehovah"
1) one of the 6 sons of Shemaiah in the line of the royal family of David of the tribe of Judah in the time after the captivity
2) son of Ishi and one of the captains of the 500 Simeonites who, in the days of king Hezekiah of Judah, drove out the Amalekites from Mount Seir

Mentioned in 1 Chronicles 4:42, 3:23, 3:22

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