berexyā בֶּרֶכְיָה ‘Berechiah’ (Hebrew)
Etymology?:
from berex בֶּ֫רֶךְ ‘knee’ and yāh יָהּ ‘YH--’
Roots:
ברך
יה
berexyā pr n m pers
Berachiah or Berechiah = "Jehovah blesses"
1) a son of Zerubbabel
2) a Levite who returned for the exile
3) father of Meshullam, one of Nehemiah's chiefs who assisted in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem
4) father of Zechariah
5) a Gershonite Levite, the father of Asaph, the singer, doorkeeper of the ark
6) an Ephraimite chief in the time of Ahaz