mi.kha.yah is used as a personal name for people named in royal, genealogical, and priestly contexts.

The attested forms function as a proper personal name: they identify a man's father in a royal command, a figure in a prophetic report, an ancestor in a priestly genealogy, and a priest among those with trumpets.

1. Personal name in individual identifications · dominant

   Each occurrence is tagged as a proper noun and identifies a person within a specific list or relationship. In 2 Kings 22:12 the APB renders Achbor as the “son of Micaiah”; in Nehemiah 12:35 it places the name within Zechariah's ancestry, and in Nehemiah 12:41 it includes Micaiah among priests with trumpets. In Jeremiah 26:18 the APB renders “Micaiah and Micah of Moresheth” in a report of prophecy to Judah.

   2 Kings 22:12Jeremiah 26:18Nehemiah 12:35Nehemiah 12:41

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the form as “Micaiah” in the supplied verses, chiefly in personal lists and family identification. Its exact contribution in the wording “Micaiah and Micah of Moresheth” in Jeremiah 26:18 cannot be isolated further.