me.chi.da is used as a proper name in lists identifying a group as “the sons of Mehida.”

The term occurs as a proper name within the repeated designation of a group called “the sons of Mehida” in Ezra 2:52 and Nehemiah 7:54.

1. Proper name in a family-group designation · dominant

   In Ezra 2:52 and Nehemiah 7:54, the form is tagged as a proper noun and occurs between the groups named Bazluth and Harsha. In Ezra 2:52 the APB renders the list “the sons of Bazluth, the sons of Mehida, and the sons of Harsha”; Nehemiah 7:54 presents the same designation.

   Ezra 2:52Nehemiah 7:54

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term in both verses within the phrase “the sons of Mehida.” It confirms the group designation rather than isolating the term beyond its proper-noun use.