Azrikam ~ ዓዝሪቃም: “Azrikam” means help against the enemy / SBD, (1 ዜና 3፡23)

The root words for ‘Azrikam’ are ‘A’Zer’ (አ’ዘር) and ‘Qome’ (ቆመ) ፥ The meaning is ‘One who stands for his people’/ Ibid.

A descendant of Zerubbabel, and son of Neariah of the royal line of Judah; “And the sons of Neariah; Elioenai, and Hezekiah, and Azrikam, three” (1 Chr 3:23)

Other people with the same name are: Eldest son of Azel, and descendant of Saul (1 Chr 8:38; 9:44); A Levite, ancestor of Shemaiah, who lived in the time of Nehemiah (1 Chr 9:14; Neh 11:15); An Ephraimite hero, in the successful invasion of the southern kingdom by Pekah king of Israel (2 Chr 28:7)
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ዓዝሪቃም ~Azrikam: አዛረ ቆመ፣ ዘረ ቋሚ፣ ቋሚ ዘር፣ ለወገን ደራሽ፣ ረዳት ማለት ነው።

‘ዘረ’ እና ‘ቆመ’ ከሚሉ ሁለት ቃላት የተመሠረተ ስም ነው።

በዚህ ስም የሚታወቁ አራት ሰዎች አሉ።

1.                  ከይሁዳ ነገድ የዘረባቢሎን ወገን፣ የነዓርያ ልጅ፥ “የነዓርያም ልጆች ኤልዮዔናይ፥ ሕዝቅያስ፥ ዓዝሪቃም ሦስት ነበሩ:” (1 ዜና 3፡23)

2.                  ከሳዖል ወገን፣ የኤሴል ልጅ፥ (1 ዜና 8:38 ፣ 9:44)

3.                  በነህምያ ዘመን የኖረ፣ ከሜራሪ ልጆች፣ የአሳብያ (1 ዜና 9:14)፣ (ነህ11:15)

4.                  በንጉሥ አካዝ ዘመን፣ ዝክሪ የገደለው፥ (2 ዜና 28:7)