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בֶּרֶכְיָה (Berekyâh) n-pr-m (beh-rek-yaw')
Source: or בֶּרֶכְיָהוּ; from H1290 and H3050; knee (i.e. blessing) of Jah;
Meaning: Berekjah, the name of six Israelites
KJV: Berachiah, Berechiah.

Brown, Driver, Briggs lexicon entry

b.dd.ah

יְבֶרֶכְיָ֫הוּ n.pr.m. ( Yah blesseth) father of a Zechariah in Isaiah’s time Is 8:2; usually in abbreviated form as foll.:

בֶּרֶכְיָה ,

• 1 son of Zerubbabel
• 2 a Levite guard of the ark
• 3 father of Meshullam, one of Nehemiah’s chiefs
• 4 father of prophet Zechariah
• 5 father of Asaph
• 6 Ephraimite chief

Appears in a total of 11 verses:

CH2 28:12

OET-LV: 12 and_ men of_the_chiefs_of the_descendants_of ʼEfrayim ˊAzar^yāh the_son_of Yəhōḩānān/(Jehohanan) Berek^yāh the_son_of Məshillēmōt and_Jechizkiah the_son_of Shallūm and_ˊAmāsāʼ the_son_of Ḩadlay _they_rose_up on the_(ones_who)_went from the_war. (CH2 28:12)

OET-RV: 12 Then some of the leaders of the Efrayim tribe took action and confronted those returning from battle: Azaryah (Yehohanan’s son), Berekyah (Meshillemot’s son), Yehizkiyah (Shallum’s son), and Amasa (Hadlai’s son) (CH2 28:12)

ZEC 1:1

OET-LV: 1 In_month (the)_eighth in_year two of_Dārəyāvesh the_message_of YHWH it_came to Zəkar^yāh the_son_of Berek^yāh the_son_of ˊIddō the_prophet to_say. (ZEC 1:1)

OET-RV: 1 In the eighth month of the second year of the reign of Persian King Dareyavesh (Darius), Yahweh spoke through the prophet Zekaryah (Zechariah, son of Iddo’s son Berekyah) saying, (ZEC 1:1)

NEH 3:30

OET-LV: 30 mmm Ḩₐnan^yāh the_son_of Shelem^yāh and_Ḩānūn the_son_of Tsālāf/(Zalaph) the_sixth he_repaired a_measured_portion second mmm Məshullām the_son_of Berek^yāh he_repaired before room_of_his_own. (NEH 3:30)

OET-RV: 30 After him was Shelemyah’s son Hananyah with Zalaf’s sixth son Hanun working on a second section, then Berekyah’s sib Meshullam repairing a section in front of his quarters. (NEH 3:30)

NEH 3:4

OET-LV: 4 and_on hand_of_their Mərēmōt the_son_of ʼŪriy^yāh the_son_of Haqqōʦ he_repaired and_on hand_of_their Məshullām the_son_of Berek^yāh the_son_of Məshēyzaⱱ^ʼēl he_repaired and_on hand_of_their Tsādōq/(Zadok) the_son_of Baˊₐnāʼ he_repaired. (NEH 3:4)

OET-RV: 4 Uriyah’s son Meremot (the son of Hakkoz’s son Uriyah) rebuilt a section, as did Meshullam (son of Mesheyzav’s son Berekyah) and Ba’ana’s son Tsadok. (NEH 3:4)

ZEC 1:7

OET-LV: 7 in/on_day twenty and_four of_one_plus_of ten month it was_the_month_of Shebat in_year two of_Dārəyāvesh the_message_of YHWH it_came to Zəkar^yāh the_son_of Berek^yāh the_son_of ˊIddō the_prophet to_say. (ZEC 1:7)

OET-RV: 7 About three months later, Yahweh spoke again through the prophet Zekaryah (Zechariah son of Iddo’s son Berekyah) saying, (ZEC 1:7)

CH1 15:23

OET-LV: 23 And_Berek^yāh and_ʼElqānāh gatekeepers for_box. (CH1 15:23)

OET-RV: 23 Berekyah and Elkanah were two of the men who guarded the sacred box. (CH1 15:23)

CH1 9:16

OET-LV: 16 And_ˊOⱱad^yāh the_son_of Shəmaˊ^yāh the_son_of Gālāl the_son_of Yədūtūn/(Jeduthun) and_Berek^yāh the_son_of ʼĀşāʼ the_son_of ʼElqānāh who_dwelt in_the_villages_of the_Nəţofātī[s]. (CH1 9:16)

OET-RV: 16 Ovadyah (who was Shemayah’s son, Shemayah was Galal’s son, Galal was Yedutun’s son), and Berekyah who lived in one of the villages where the Netofat people lived (Berekyah was Asa’s son, Asa was Elkanah’s son). (CH1 9:16)

CH1 6:24

OET-LV: 24  and_relative_of_his ʼĀşāf was_the_one_who_stood at hand_of_his_right ʼĀşāf was_the_son_of Berek^yāh the_son_of Shimˊāʼ. (CH1 6:24)

OET-RV: 39 Heman’s cousin Asaf’s group stood to the right. Asaf was Berekyah’s son. Berekyah was Shimea’s son. (CH1 6:39)

CH1 3:20

OET-LV: 20 And_Ḩₐshuⱱāh and_ʼOhel and_Berek^yāh and_Ḩₐşad^yāh Yūshaⱱ/(Jushab)- Ḩeşed five. (CH1 3:20)

OET-RV: 20 Zerubbavel’s five other sons were Hashubah, Ohel, Berekyah, Hasadyah, and Yushab-Hesed. (CH1 3:20)

NEH 6:18

OET-LV: 18 If/because many_people in_Yəhūdāh were_masters_of oath to_him/it if/because was_a_son-in-law he of_Shəkan^yāh the_son_of ʼĀraḩ and_Yəhōḩānān/(Jehohanan) his/its_son he_had_taken DOM the_daughter_of Məshullām the_son_of Berek^yāh. (NEH 6:18)

OET-RV: 18 because many people in Yehudah had ties with him because he was the son-in-law of Arah’s son Shekanyah, plus his son Yehohanan had married Berekyah’s daughter Meshullam. (NEH 6:18)

CH1 15:17

OET-LV: 17 and_ the_Lēviyyiy _they_appointed DOM Hēymān the_son_of Yō^ʼēl/(Joel) and_from relatives_of_his ʼĀşāf the_son_of Berek^yāh and_from the_descendants_of Mərārī relatives_of_their ʼĒytān the_son_of Qūshā^yāhū. (CH1 15:17)

OET-RV: 17 The Levites assigned Yoel’s son Heman and his relative Asaf (son of Berekyah) and Eytan (Kishayah’s son, a descendant of Merari), (CH1 15:17)

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