Gedaliah
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Gedaliah
From Hebrew Gədalyāhū “God is great”
Example Sentences
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The Feast of Gedaliah is still celebrated by orthodox Jews the week before Yom Kippur.
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From the soles of his high-laced shoes to the top of his balding pate, Nathan Gedaliah Richman is the kind of executive that Richman workers think is tops.
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One was a seal inscribed in Hebrew: "To Gedaliah, who rules the house."
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Meantime Judas had selected as his head-quarters the lofty hill of Mizpah, associated by earlier tradition with Samuel and the scene of the short-lived rule of Gedaliah.
From The Makers and Teachers of Judaism by Charles Foster Kent
After describing the destruction of the little kingdom established at Mizpah under Gedaliah, the Hebrew historical records suddenly become silent.
From The Makers and Teachers of Judaism by Charles Foster Kent
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