beseeching; sorrowing; expecting
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
AHLAI.1. The daughter (?) of Sheshan (1Ch_2:31, cf. 1Ch_2:34). 2. The father of Zabad, one of Davids mighty men (1Ch_11:41).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
1. 1Ch_11:41.
2. Sheshan's daughter given to the Egyptian servant Jarha in marriage (1Ch_2:31-35).
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Ahla'i or Ah'la-i. (ornamental). Daughter of Sheshan, whom, having no issue, he gave in marriage to his Egyptian slave, Jarha. 1Ch_2:31; 1Ch_2:35. From her were descended Zabad, one of David's mighty men, 1Ch_11:41, and Aza-riah, one of the captains of hundreds in the reign of Joash. 2Ch_23:1.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
a?lı̄ (אחלי, 'aḥlay ?O would that!?): (1) A Son of Sheshan (1Ch_2:31) or according to 1Ch_2:34 a daughter of Sheshan, for here we read: ?Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters.? (2) The father of Zabad, a soldier in David's army (1Ch_11:41).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Ahlai
(Hebrew Achlay', אְְחליְ, perh. ornamental), the name of a woman and also of a man.
1. (Sept. Α᾿αδαϊv v. r. Δαδαί.) The daughter and only child of Sheshan, a descendant of Judah, married to her father's Egyptian slave Jarha (q.v.), by whom she had Attai (1Ch_2:31; 1Ch_2:34-35). B.C. prob. ante 1658.
2. (Sept. Ο᾿λί v. r. Α᾿χαϊά.) The father of Zabad, which latter was one of David's body-guard (1Ch_11:41). B.C. ante 1046.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.