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Meaning and etymology of the name Berechiah
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Berechiah 
The name Berechiah is quite popular in the Bible, although in Hebrew it's mostly spelled  (Berechiahu). The Berechiah's of the Bible are:
A son of Zerubbabel (1 Chronicles 3:20);
The father of Asaph (1 Chronicles 6:39);
The son of Asa (1 Chronicles 9:16);
A Levite gatekeeper at the time of king David's transportation of the Ark of the Covenant (1 Chronicles 15:23);
A son of Meshillemoth and chief of Ephraim during the time of king Ahaz (2 Chronicles 28:12);
A son of Meshezabel and father of Meshullam, who worked at the post-exilic restoration of Jerusalem (Nehemiah 3:4);
The son of Iddo and father of the prophet Zechariah (Zechariah 1:1, Matthew 23:35).
Also: An extra-Biblical reference to Baruch, the friend and amanuensis of Jeremiah, was found as an inscription on a clay tablet, saying: "Berechiah, son-of-Neriah, the scribe."
The name Berechiah consists of two elements. The final part is  , Jah, which in turn is an abbreviated form of the Tetragrammaton; the name of the Lord: YHWH.
The first part of the name Berechiah comes from the verb  (barak), meaning either to kneel or to bless.
bless God (Genesis 24:48), or bless the name of YHWH (Psalm 96:2); God blesses a people (Numbers 23:20), the Sabbath (Genesis 2:3), labor
For a meaning of the name Berechiah, NOBS Study Bible Name List reads Blessed By Yahweh. Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names has Blessed Of The Lord. And BDB Theological Dictionary proposes Yah Blesseth.
Other names that use the verb barak are
Barachel,
Baruch,
Beracah and
Jeberechiah.
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