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ʿătāyā עֲתָיָה ‘Athaiah’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from ʿūt עוּת ‘to help’ and yāh יָהּ ‘YH--’
Roots: עות יה

ʿătāyā pr n m pers
Athaiah = "Jehovah has helped"
1) a descendant of Judah through Perez; dwelt at Jerusalem after the return from exile in Babylon

Mentioned in Nehemiah 11:4

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