Micah

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Micah (/ˈmkə/; Template:Hebrew Name) is a given name.

Micah is the name of several people in the Tanakh, and means "Who is like God?”. The name is sometimes found with theophoric extensions. Suffix theophory in Yah and in Yahweh results in Michaiah or Michaihu (Template:Hebrew Name), meaning who is like Yahweh?[1] Suffix theophory in El results in Michael (Template:Hebrew Name), meaning "who is like god".

In German and Dutch, Micah is spelled Micha and the ch in the name is pronounced either [ʃ] or [x]; the first is more common in female names, the latter in male names. In Finnish, Micah is spelled Miika.

People named Micah

Fictional characters

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See also

References

  1. New Bible Dictionary, second edition. Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, IL, USA.

Sources

  • Wikisource This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainEaston, Matthew George (1897). "Micah". Easton's Bible Dictionary (New and revised ed.). T. Nelson and Sons.

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