Lexical Definition

‎דְּלָיָה‎ Dᵉlâyâh (del-aw-yaw') Delaiah ^N:N-M-P
or (prolonged) דְּלָיָהוּ Dᵉlâyâhûw (del-aw-yaw'-hoo); from ‎דָּלָה‎ and ‎יָהּ‎; Jah has delivered

Dalaiah, Delaiah.

• § Dalaiah or Delaiah = "Jehovah has drawn"
• Delajah, the name of five Israelites

1) a priest in the time of David, leader of the 23rd course
2) a son of Shemaiah, a ruler of Judah in the time of Jeremiah in the court of Jehoiakim
3) the head of an exilic family, of uncertain pedigree, claiming to be Israelites in the time of Zerubbabel
4) a descendant of Zerubbabel
5) the son of Mehetabeel and the father of Shemaiah, a contemporary of Nehemiah

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎דְּלָיָ֫הוּ‎, ‎דְּלָיָה‎ proper name, masculine (Yah(u) hath drawn) —

1. ‎דְּלָיָהוּ‎,
a. a priest, contemporary of David, 1Chr 24:18.
b. a prince of Judah, contemporary of Jeremiah Jer 36:12; Jer 36:25.

2. ‎דְּלָיָה‎,
a. head of a family contemporary with Zerubbabel Ezra 2:60 = Neh 7:62.
b. descendant of Zerubbabel. 1Chr 3:24.
c. father of contemporary of Nehemiah Neh 6:10.

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