A wild she-goat, one of the Nethinim, whose descendants returned from the Captivity (Neh. 7:58).
Source:Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)Public domain
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Jaala
Name meaning: ascending; a little doe or goat (Hitchcock)
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Also in Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
(wild she-goat). Bene-Jaala were among the descendants of “Solomon’s slaves” who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel. (Nehemiah 7:58) (B.C. before 536.) The name also occurs as Ja-alah.
Source: Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863) · Public domain
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