Gedaliah
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Gedaliah
From Hebrew Gədalyāhū “God is great”
Example Sentences
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One was a seal inscribed in Hebrew: "To Gedaliah, who rules the house."
From Time Magazine Archive
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.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Feast of Gedaliah is still celebrated by orthodox Jews the week before Yom Kippur.
From Time Magazine Archive
Gedaliah, nobleman that he was, refused to suspect Ishmael of treachery.
From Stories of the Prophets (Before the Exile) by Landman, Isaac
Accordingly, Ahikam's and Gemariah's families were spared during the general slaughter in Jerusalem, and Gedaliah, Ahikam's son, was made governor of Judah when the victorious Babylonians had finished their work in the land.
From Stories of the Prophets (Before the Exile) by Landman, Isaac
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