Bible Person

Jaala

Meaning: ascending; a little doe or goat · Male · 2 cross references

Jaala is a Nethinim family or servant-house name listed among the returnees in Ezra and Nehemiah. It belongs to the service households that help sustain restored temple life after exile. First appears in Ezra 2:56.1

AI summary: Jaala matters because the cross references place the name among the temple-servant groups whose practical labor undergirds worship in the restored community. These brief entries widen the story of restoration beyond priests and governors to include the many families who carried daily responsibilities. Taken together, the material presents Jaala as a servant-house contributing to the operational reality of post-exilic sacred life.1

Central Figure

Jaala

Meaning: ascending; a little doe or goat

A wild she-goat, one of the Nethinim, whose descendants returned from the Captivity (Neh.