pᵊdāyāhū פְּדָיָהוּ ‘Pedaiah’ (Hebrew)

Etymology^?: from pādā פָּדָה ‘to ransom’ and yāh יָהּ ‘YH--’
Roots: פדה יה

pᵊdāyāhū pr n m pers
Pedaiah = "Jehovah has ransomed"
1) father of Zebudah, the wife of king Josiah and the mother of king Jehoiakim both of Judah
2) father of Zerubbabel and brother of Shealtiel who is usually called the father of Zerubbabel probably because of a lack of an heir from Shealtiel who was in the direct line of succession