pᵊlāʾyā פְּלָאיָה ‘Pelaiah’ (Hebrew)
Etymology?:
from pālāʾ פָּלָא ‘to wonder’ and yāh יָהּ ‘YH--’
Roots:
פלא
יה
Variants: פְּלָיָה, פְּלָאיָה
pᵊlāʾyā pr n m pers
Pelaiah = "Jehovah does wonders"
1) son of Elioenai and a descendant of David in the royal line
2) a priest who helped Ezra to expound the law to the people and also sealed the covenant with Nehemiah