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ʿănanyā עֲנַנְיָה ‘Ananiah’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from ʿānan עָנַן ‘to cloud / to divine’ and yāh יָהּ ‘YH--’
Roots: ענן יה

ʿănanyā pr n m pers + pr n loc
Ananiah = "Jehovah clouds"
n pr m
1) ancestor of Azariah who assisted in rebuilding the city wall in the time of Nehemiah
n pr loc
2) a city northwest of Jerusalem to which some Benjamite exiles returned

Mentioned in Nehemiah 3:23, 11:32

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