Nehemiya

Tumbuka

Etymology

Borrowed from English Nehemiah, from Hebrew נְחֶמְיָה (“consolation of Yahweh”).

Proper noun

Nehemiya

  1. Nehemiah
    2. (biblical) A governor of Judea who was, according to the Tanakh, sent by the king of Persia to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.
    3. The sixteenth book of the Old Testament of the Bible, and a book of the Tanakh.

References

  • Bible Society of Malawi, New Tumbuka Bible
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