ne.chem.yah is used as a proper personal name in lists, headings, civic leadership, and public instruction.

The term is consistently a proper personal name: it identifies a named person in returnee lists, a heading, historical notices, construction work, and public leadership. The supplied verses do not establish separate lexical meanings; they show the name used in differing narrative and list contexts.

1. Proper personal name in narrative and lists · dominant

   The form is tagged Noun · Proper in every occurrence. In Ezra 2:2 and Nehemiah 7:7, the APB renders it within lists of people who came with Zerubbabel; in Nehemiah 1:1 it introduces “The words of Nehemiah son of Hacaliah,” while Nehemiah 8:9 names Nehemiah the governor alongside Ezra and the Levites addressing the people.

   Ezra 2:2Nehemiah 1:1Nehemiah 3:16Nehemiah 7:7Nehemiah 8:9Nehemiah 12:26

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as “Nehemiah” throughout the supplied verses, sometimes with identifying wording such as “son of Hacaliah” or “the governor.” Those added descriptions should not be treated as part of the term itself.