Save Gender Masculine Usage Biblical, Hebrew Scripts קוֹלָיָה(Hebrew) Pronounced Pron. ko-LIE-ə(Biblical English, Hebrew) ko-lah-YAH(Biblical English, Hebrew) [key] Other Forms FormsKolajah, Qolayah Meaning & History From the Hebrew name קוֹלָיָה (Qolayah) meaning "voice of Yahweh" from קוֹל (qol) "sound, voice" and Yah. This was the name of two biblical Israelites, one of whom was the father of Ahab and 'a false prophet and a lecherous man'.