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Pelaiah, a Levite who helped Ezra teach the law (Nehemiah 8:7; 10:10)
Pelaiah was a Levite active in post-exilic Jerusalem. He appears among those who helped Ezra explain the law to the people (Nehemiah 8:7) and later among those who sealed the covenant renewal (Nehemiah 10:10). The name means 'Yah has done wonders' or 'Yah distinguishes.'
Senses
1. sense 1 — A personal name borne by a Levite teacher and covenant signatory in Nehemiah's reforms. The cross-linguistic glosses (Spanish 'Pelaías') show transliteration practices, though some languages bracket the name untranslated, reflecting uncertainty about pronunciation. Both Nehemiah contexts emphasize this person's role in teaching and covenant renewal—central to the post-exilic religious restoration. 2×
AR["فَلايا"]·ben["পলায়া"]·DE["[פלאיה]"]·EN["Pelaiah"]·FR["[פלאיה]"]·heb["פלאיה"]·HI["पलायाह"]·ID["Pelaya"]·IT["[פלאיה]"]·jav["Pelaya"]·KO["브라야"]·PT["Pelayah"]·RU["Пелайяху"]·ES["Pelaías"]·SW["Pelaya"]·TR["Pelaya"]·urd["فلایاہ"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† פְּלָאיָה n.pr.m. Ne 8:7; 10:11, 𝔊L Φαλαιας.