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H2140

זַכַּי

zak.kayN:N-M-P

Zaccai

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.9 § Zaccai = "pure" the head of a family of 760 exiles returning with Zerubbabel

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

זַכַּי proper name, masculine head of family of returned exiles, זַכָּ֔י Ezra 2:9 (ᵐ5 Ζακχου, ᵐ5L Ζακχαιου) = Neh 7:14 (ᵐ5 Ζαθου, A Ζακχουρ, ᵐ5L Ζακχαιου); perhaps = זַכַּי Neh 3:20 Qr (Kt זַבַּי q. v.; ᵐ5 Ζαβ(ρ)ου, ᵐ5L Ραββαι).

**Nestle (privately) suggests that this might be abbreviated from זכריה.

3 occurrences

Ezra (1), Nehemiah (2)