cha.za.yah is a personal name appearing within the ancestry of Maaseiah.

The attested use is as a personal name in a genealogy-like chain: Nehemiah 11:5 places the named person as the father of Col-hozeh in Maaseiah’s ancestry.

1. Personal name in an ancestral line · dominant

   In Nehemiah 11:5, the form is tagged as a proper noun and occurs in the chain “son of Col-hozeh son of Hazaiah son of Adaiah.” The APB renders the verse as Maaseiah’s successive ancestry, placing this named individual between Col-hozeh and Adaiah.

   Nehemiah 11:5

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Nehemiah 11:5, the APB presents the term as “Hazaiah” in Maaseiah’s ancestral sequence. It confirms the name’s place in the chain rather than supplying a lexical rendering.