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.
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
One was a seal inscribed in Hebrew: "To Gedaliah, who rules the house."
From Time Magazine Archive
“Dieu L’encroisse,” a translation of Gedaliah, and a very common name among the English Jews at that time.
From One Snowy Night Long ago at Oxford by Irwin, M. (Madelaine)
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 Kent, Charles Foster
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