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qōlāyā קוֹלָיָה ‘Kolaiah’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from qōl קוֹל ‘voice / frivolity’ and yāh יָהּ ‘YH--’
Roots: קול יה

qōlāyā pr n m pers
Kolaiah = "voice of Jehovah"
1) father of the false prophet Ahab
2) a Benjamite whose descendants settled in Jerusalem after the return from captivity
3) a Levite in the time of Ezra

Mentioned in Jeremiah 29:21 Nehemiah 11:7

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