# H2446 חֲכַלְיָה

חֲכַלְיָה (Chăkalyâh), Strong’s H2446: Chakaljah, an Israelite KJV: Hachaliah.. Occurs 2 times.

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*Chăkalyâh* — Chakaljah, an Israelite

KJV: Hachaliah.

Built from [חַכְלִיל chaklîyl](https://besorah.bible/word/H2447) (darkly flashing) + [יָהּ Yâhh](https://besorah.bible/word/H3050) (Jah, the sacred name) — means “darkness of Jah”

Occurs 2 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- חֲכַלְיָה n.pr.m. (mng. dub.; perhaps wait for Yahweh)—father of Nehemiah

## Where it occurs
- [Nehemiah 1:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/nehemiah/1?v=1) — The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. Now in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Susa the palace,
- [Nehemiah 10:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/nehemiah/10?v=2) — Now those who sealed were: Nehemiah the governor, the son of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah,