Athaliah
a.tal.yah is a personal name, chiefly identifying Ahaziah's mother and the woman who reigned over the land.
The name chiefly identifies Ahaziah’s mother in the royal narrative: she acts after her son’s death, reigns over the land, and is later put to death. It also occurs in genealogical naming, once in a list of names and once as the father of Jeshaiah.
Senses in use
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The woman in the royal narrative · dominant
The proper noun identifies Ahaziah’s mother in 2 Kings 8:26 and 2 Chronicles 22:2. In 2 Kings 11:1 the APB renders her response to her son’s death and the destruction of the royal seed; in 2 Kings 11:3 it renders that she “reigned over the land,” and 2 Kings 11:20 reports her death.
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A personal name in genealogical identification · rare
The same proper-noun form occurs among named individuals in 1 Chronicles 8:26, where the APB renders “Shamsherai, Shehariah, and Athaliah.” In Ezra 8:7 it identifies Jeshaiah by the clause rendered “Jeshaiah son of Athaliah.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB presents the term as the name “Athaliah,” including in royal narrative and genealogical clauses. Its surrounding descriptions identify the verse context rather than supplying a separate lexical rendering.