Yaʻălâʼ — H3279

H3279 · Hebrew — יעלא

Pronunciation: yah-al-aw'

Other spellings: Yaʻălâh יַעֲלָה

Definition

masculine proper noun

Jaala or Jaalah, one of the Nethinim

  1. Jaala or Jaalah = "ascending"
  2. the head of a family of the descendants of Solomon's slaves who returned from exile with Zerubbabel

Usually translated as

Jaala, Jaalah

Origin

or Yaʻălâh; the same as H3280 or direct from H3276

Occurrences

Yaʻălâʼ occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Ezra (1), Nehemiah (1)

Strong's Lexicon — Y