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Strong's #7480 - רְעֵלָיָה
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Reelaiah = “bearer of Jehovah”
1) one who returned from exile with Zerubbabel
1a) also ‘Raamiah’
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רעם ( √ of following, probably onomatopoetic; Gerber47 proposes move violently as original meaning, but reference to thunderous sound everywhere, except Ezekiel 27:35 where text dubious, see below; compare Aramaic רַעַם, רְעִים noun thunder, רְעֵם verb thunder; especially Aph`el Ithpa`al utter (loud) complaints; , noun thunder, verb thunder, lament, compare Late Hebrew רָעַם Hiph`il thunder, Hithpa`el complain; Ethiopic : noun thunder, Assyrian rîmu, id.; Arabic vex, dislike, etc.).
רַעַמְיָה (? thunder of ׳י) Nehemiah 7:7 see רְעֵלָיָה.
רְעֵלָיָה (“whom Jehovah makes to tremble,” i.e. who fears Jehovah), [Reelaiah], pr.n. m. Ezra 2:2 for which there is in Nehemiah 7:7, רַעַמְיָה [Raamiah].