How to Pronounce Hachaliah
HAK-uh-LYE-uh
Hachaliah is pronounced HAK-uh-LYE-uh (ˌhækəˈlaɪə): four syllables, stress on the first and third.
What does Hachaliah mean?
Hachaliah means “who waits for the Lord”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
Who was Hachaliah?
Hachaliah was the father of Nehemiah, the cupbearer to the Persian king who rebuilt Jerusalem's walls. He is named only to identify his son, at the opening of the book (Nehemiah 1:1) and again where Nehemiah the governor seals the covenant (Nehemiah 10:1).
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