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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

Mentioned in Zechariah 1:1, 1:7 Nehemiah 3:4, 3:30, 6:18 1 Chronicles 3:20, 6:24, 15:17, 9:16, 15:23 2 Chronicles 28:12

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