pᵊtaḥyā פְּתַחְיָה ‘Pethahiah’ (Hebrew)

Etymology^?: from pātaḥ פָּתַח ‘to open / to engrave’ and yāh יָהּ ‘YH--’
Roots: פתח יה

pᵊtaḥyā pr n m pers
Pethahiah = "freed by Jehovah"
1) a priest, in charge of the 19th course, in the time of David
2) a Levite and returning exile who had married a foreign wife; probably the same as 3
3) a Levite who helped lead in the confession of the people in the time of Ezra; probably the same as 2
4) son of Meshezabeel, descendant of Zerah the son of Judah; deputy of the king in all matters concerning the people