ya.da is used as the personal name of Onam’s son and Shammai’s brother in a genealogy.

The attested forms identify the same man within a genealogy: he is named among Onam’s sons and later identified as Shammai’s brother and the father of Jether and Jonathan.

1. Personal name in a genealogy · dominant

   Both occurrences are tagged Noun · Proper. In 1 Chronicles 2:28 the APB renders a list of Onam’s sons, including “Jada”; in 1 Chronicles 2:32 it identifies him as Shammai’s brother and names his sons Jether and Jonathan.

   1 Chronicles 2:281 Chronicles 2:32

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the proper name as “Jada” in both genealogical statements. It confirms the person named in each clause rather than supplying a lexical definition.