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Nehemiah 11:24
“And Pethahiah the son of Meshezabeel, of the children of Zerah the son of Judah, was at the king’s hand in all matters concerning the people.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
פְּתַחְיָהPᵉthachyâh · peth-akh-yaw'
H6611 · Hebrew
H6611 · Hebrew
- Definition
- Pethachjah, the name of four Israelites
- Derivation
- from H6605 (פָּתַח) and H3050 (יָהּ); Jah has opened;
- KJV renderings
- Pethakiah.
- Grammar
- וּ — conjunction
- פְתַֽחְיָ֨ה — proper noun
- Usage
- Occurs 4 times in the Hebrew Bible.1 Chronicles 24:16Ezra 10:23Nehemiah 9:5
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read פְּתַחְיָה here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.