a.nan.yah appears as a proper name, naming a place in one verse and an ancestor in another.

The attested form is a proper name used in two settings: in Nehemiah 11:32 it occurs in a list of places, while in Nehemiah 3:23 it identifies the ancestor named in Azariah's lineage.

1. Proper name in place and lineage contexts · dominant

   Both occurrences are tagged Noun · Proper. In Nehemiah 11:32 the APB renders a place-list clause, "Anathoth, Nob, and Ananiah." In Nehemiah 3:23 the APB renders Azariah as "son of Maaseiah son of Ananiah," placing the name within a lineage.

   Nehemiah 11:32Nehemiah 3:23

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the form as "Ananiah" in both verses: once in a list of places and once in the phrase "son of Ananiah." It does not by itself determine whether the same name refers to the same kind of referent in both contexts.