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Meaning and etymology of the Hebrew name Bithiah
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Bithiah 
It's amazing that Bithiah doesn't get more Biblical screen time because she is a daughter of a Pharaoh (1 Chronicles 4:17). A man named Mered, son of Ezrah a man from Judah, takes her for his wife and they become the parents of Miriam, Shammai and Ishbah.
The name Bithia consists of two very common elements. The first part of the name is equal to the Hebrew word  (bat), meaning daughter. This word is also part of the names Bathsheba and Bathshua. It comes from the word  (ben), meaning son in all kinds of ways and applications (son, cousin, member of group). See for an exhaustive treatment of this word the name Ben.
The second part of the name Bithiah is  , the abbreviated form of the Name of the Lord:  (YHWH).
For a meaning of the name Bithiah, NOBS Study Bible Name List reads Daughter Of Yahweh. Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names reads Daughter Of The Lord.
BDB Theological Dictionary lists instances where the word daughter indicates membership to some group or class, and calls to Malachi 2:11, where the word daughter is applied to women in service of idols (Judah married the "daughter of a foreign god"). BDB proposes to translate the name Bithiah with Worshipper Of Yah, adding a question mark to indicate dubiosity.
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