Huldah

English

Etymology

Hebrew חולדה‎ (“weasel”).

Proper noun

Huldah

A prophetess in the Old Testament.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Chronicles 34:22:
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  And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college:) and they spake to her to that effect.
(rare) A female given name from Hebrew.

Translations

biblical prophetess

Danish: Hulda
Finnish: Hulda (fi)
German: Hulda (de)
Hebrew: חֻלְדָּה‎ (he) (ḥuldá)
Norwegian: Hulda (no)
Swedish: Hulda (sv)

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