ach.lay is used as a personal name in genealogical and familial statements.

The attested form is used as a proper personal name: 1 Chronicles 2:31 places it in a lineage statement, while 1 Chronicles 11:41 identifies Zabad by paternal relation to that name.

1. Personal name in family identifications · dominant

   Both occurrences are tagged Noun · Proper. In 1 Chronicles 2:31 the APB renders a lineage sequence ending, “The sons of Sheshan were Ahlai”; in 1 Chronicles 11:41 it renders “Zabad son of Ahlai,” using the name in a paternal identification.

   1 Chronicles 2:311 Chronicles 11:41

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the form as “Ahlai” in both verses, once within a lineage sequence and once in the phrase “Zabad son of Ahlai.” The verse is read as a whole, but both clauses support its presentation as a personal name.