▁means ▁" Y ah we h ▁has ▁hidden / protected ," ▁or ▁" Y ah we h ▁h ides ". ▁ ▁Author ship ▁and ▁date ▁ ▁The ▁book ' s ▁su pers cription ▁attributes ▁its ▁author ship ▁to ▁" Ze ph ania h ▁son ▁of ▁C ush i ▁son ▁of ▁Ged alia h ▁son ▁of ▁Am aria h ▁son ▁of ▁He zek iah , ▁in ▁the ▁days ▁of ▁King ▁Jos iah ▁son ▁of ▁Am on ▁of ▁Jud ah " ▁( 1 : 1 , ▁NR SV ). ▁All ▁that ▁is ▁known ▁of ▁Ze ph ania h ▁comes ▁from ▁the ▁text . ▁ ▁The ▁name ▁" C ush i ," ▁Ze ph ania h ' s ▁father , ▁means ▁" C ush ite " ▁or ▁" E th iop ian ," ▁and ▁the ▁text ▁of ▁Ze ph ania h ▁mentions ▁the ▁sin ▁and ▁rest oration ▁of ▁Eth iop ians . ▁While ▁some ▁have ▁concluded ▁from ▁this ▁that ▁Ze ph ania h ▁was ▁a ▁black ▁Jew , ▁E h ud ▁Ben ▁Z vi ▁maintain s ▁that , ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁context , ▁" C ush i " ▁must ▁be ▁understood ▁as ▁a ▁personal ▁name ▁rather ▁than ▁an ▁indicator ▁of ▁national ity . ▁Abraham ▁ibn ▁Ez ra ▁interpreted ▁the ▁name ▁He zek iah ▁in ▁the ▁su pers cription ▁as ▁King ▁He zek iah ▁of ▁Jud ah , ▁though ▁that ▁is ▁not ▁a ▁claim ▁advanced ▁in ▁the ▁text ▁of ▁Ze ph ania h . ▁ ▁As ▁with ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁other ▁proph ets , ▁there ▁is ▁no