ezequias. LANGUAGE FAMILY: afro-asiatic > semitic > central semitic > hebrew ORIGIN: hebrew NAME ROOT: YECHIZQı̂YÂH / YECHIZQı̂YÂHÛ NATIVE NAME ROOT: YECHIZQı̂YÂH / YECHIZQı̂YÂHÛ (יְחִזְקִיָּהוּ) MEANING: This name derives from the Hebrew “yechizqı̂yâh / yechizqı̂yâhûâ€, meaning “strengthened by Yahwehâ€.