Strong H2446חֲכַלְיָה

Hacaliah

Definition

From the base of H2447 and H3050; darkness of Jah;
{Chakaljah} an Israelite: - Hachaliah.

Hachaliah = "whom Jehovah enlightens"

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Neh.1.1;
father of: Nehemiah (H5166H), Hanani (H2607J)

Hacaliah

Father of Nehemiah, the governor of Judah.

Hacaliah was the father of Nehemiah, who served as the governor of Judah during the Persian period.

Strong H2446 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Nehemiah 1:1
The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,
Nehemiah 10:1
Now those that sealed were, Nehemiah, the Tirshatha, the son of Hachaliah, and Zidkijah,