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Jaalah

יַעֲלָאStrong’s H3279

yaala (ya-a-la)

Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Yaala is the Hebrew word usually translated “jaala”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.

“The children of Jaalah, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,”
Ezra 2:56 KJV
Meaning
  1. A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.56; also called Jaala at Neh.7.58
How it's translated
  • jaala 2

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Ezra 1
  • Nehemiah 1

2 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

יַעֲלָא yaala · Jaalah

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.56; also called Jaala at Neh.7.58; § Jaala or Jaalah = "ascending" the head of a family of the descendants of Solomon's slaves who returned from exile with Zerubbabel

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.