ge.dal.yah is a personal name used for a Judahite administrator and for men named in priestly and family lines.

The name most often identifies the son of Ahikam in the Jeremiah narrative, where people are directed to him, come to him, and later recall his death. It also occurs as the name of a man in a priestly list and of an ancestor in Zephaniah's lineage.

1. Name of the son of Ahikam in the Jeremiah narrative · dominant

   In Jeremiah 40:5 the APB renders an instruction to return to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had appointed over Judah's cities; Jeremiah 40:6 then places Jeremiah with him at Mizpeh. Jeremiah 40:8 names him as the person to whom several men came, and Jeremiah 41:16 refers to him after Ishmael had struck him down. In each clause, the supplied form is tagged Noun · Proper.

   Jeremiah 40:5Jeremiah 40:6Jeremiah 40:8Jeremiah 41:16
2. Personal name in priestly and ancestral listings · common

   In Ezra 10:18 the APB includes the name among the sons of priests associated with foreign women. In Zephaniah 1:1 it occurs within the ancestry of Zephaniah, as “son of Gedaliah son of Amariah”; both tokens are tagged Noun · Proper.

   Ezra 10:18Zephaniah 1:1

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as the personal name “Gedaliah” in each cited verse, sometimes with family identification such as “son of Ahikam.” Its surrounding wording confirms the named persons and clauses rather than supplying a separate lexical rendering.