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
All honour to Gedaliah for accepting so difficult and dangerous a task!
From Jeremiah : Being The Baird Lecture for 1922 by Smith, George Adam, Sir
All the Jews of high rank were carried away, and none left but the poorer sort, who were to till the ground under a ruler named Gedaliah.
From The Chosen People A Compendium of Sacred and Church History for School-Children by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
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