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rᵊfāyā רְפָיָה ‘Rephaiah’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from rāfāʾ רָפָא ‘to heal’ and yāh יָהּ ‘YH--’
Roots: רפא רפה יה

rᵊfāyā pr n m pers
Rephaiah = "healed of Jehovah"
1) a descendant of Zerubbabel and David
2) a Simeonite chief in the reign of Hezekiah
3) son of Tola and grandson of Issachar
4) son of Binea and a descendant of Saul
5) son of Hur and a ruler of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah

Mentioned in Nehemiah 3:9 1 Chronicles 7:2, 4:42, 9:43, 3:21

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