{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H1296",
  "lemma": "בֶּרֶכְיָה",
  "transliteration": "Berekyâh",
  "definition": "Berekjah, the name of six Israelites",
  "kjv": "Berachiah, Berechiah.",
  "occurrences": 11,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H1290",
      "lemma": "בֶּרֶךְ",
      "transliteration": "berek",
      "meaning": "a knee",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H1290"
    },
    {
      "id": "H3050",
      "lemma": "יָהּ",
      "transliteration": "Yâhh",
      "meaning": "Jah, the sacred name",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H3050"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "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"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Zechariah 1:1",
      "text": "In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, the LORD’s word came to the prophet Zechariah the son of Berechiah…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/zechariah/1?v=1"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Zechariah 1:7",
      "text": "On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the LORD’s…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/zechariah/1?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Nehemiah 3:4",
      "text": "Next to them, Meremoth the son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz made repairs. Next to them, Meshullam the son of Berechiah…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/nehemiah/3?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Nehemiah 3:30",
      "text": "After him, Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun, the sixth son of Zalaph, repaired another portion. After him…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/nehemiah/3?v=30"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Nehemiah 6:18",
      "text": "For there were many in Judah sworn to him because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah the son of Arah; and his son…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/nehemiah/6?v=18"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Chronicles 3:20",
      "text": "and Hashubah, Ohel, Berechiah, Hasadiah, and Jushab Hesed, five.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/3?v=20"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Chronicles 6:24",
      "text": "His brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea,",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/6?v=24"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Chronicles 9:16",
      "text": "and Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun; and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/9?v=16"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Chronicles 15:17",
      "text": "So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brothers, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/15?v=17"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Chronicles 15:23",
      "text": "Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/15?v=23"
    }
  ],
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