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Also known as Micah (first name), Micah (given name)

Micah (; ) is a given name.

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Instance of
male given name
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native label
Micah
writing system
Latin script
IPA transcription
ˈmaɪkə
Soundex
M200
Cologne phonetics
64
Caverphone
MK1111
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Micah (given name)

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Micah (; ) is a given name.

Micah is the name of several people in the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament), and means "Who is like God?”. The name is sometimes found with theophoric extensions. Suffix theophory in Yah and in Yahweh results in Michaiah or Michaihu (), meaning who is like Yahweh? Suffix theophory in El results in Michael (), meaning "who is like god".

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