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Nehemiah

ne·he·miah

UK/ˌniː(h)əˈmaɪə/ US/ˌniʌˈmaɪʌ/ uncommon

noun

1.

an Old Testament book telling how a Jewish official at the court of Artaxerxes I in 444 BC became a leader in rebuilding Jeruslaem after the Babylonian Captivity

Origin

From Hebrew נְחֶמְיָה (“consolation of Yahweh”).

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