Berachiah ~ በራክያ:  The name “Berachiah” means speaking well of the Lord / EBD, “Berachiah” means blessed of Jehovah / SBD, (1 ዜና 6:39)

The root words for ‘Berachah’ are ‘Bereke’ (በረከ) and ‘Yah’ (ያህ) ፥ The meaning is ‘blessed of jehovah’/ Ibid.

“And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea,” (1 Chr 6:39)

Other people with the same name are: A descendant of the royal family of Judah, “Then certain of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, and Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against them that came from the war,” (2 Chr 28:12); A descendant of the royal family of Judah (1 Chr 3:20); A man mentioned as the father of Meshullam, who assisted in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem (Neh 3:4, 30; 6:18); A Levite (1 Chr 9:16); A doorkeeper for the ark (1 Chr 15:23); One of the tribe of Ephraim in the time of Ahaz (2 Chr 28:12); Father of Asaph the singer (1 Chr 15:17); Father of Zechariah (Zec 1:1, 7)
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በራክያ ~Berechiah, Berachiah: ብሩክ ያህ፣ ብሩክ ህያው፣ ብሩክ አምላክ፣ አምላክ የባረከው ማለት ነው። [ተዛማጅ ስሞች- በራኪያ፣ በራክዩ፣ ባርክኤል፣ ባሮክ]

‘በረከ’ እና ‘ያህ’ (ያህዌ) ከሚሉ ቃላት የተመሠረተ ስም ነው።

በዚህ ስም የሚታወቁ ሰባት ሰዎች አሉ።

I.                        በራክያ /Berechiah:

1.                  የዘሩባቤል ልጅ፥ “ሐሹባ፥ ኦሄል፥ በራክያ፥ ሐሳድያ፥ ዮሻብሒሴድ...” (1 ዜና 3:20)

2.                  ከሌዋውያን የሜራሪ ልጅ፥ (1 ዜና 9:16)

3.                  ከዳዊት መዘምራን የአሳፍ አባት፥ (1 ዜና 15:17)

4.                  የእስራኤልንም አምላክ የእግዚአብሔርን ታቦት ያመጡ ዘንድ ከካህናቱና ከሌዋውያኑ የተቀደሱ፥ (1 ዜና 15:23)

5.                  ከኤፍሬም ልጆች አለቆች፥ (2 ዜና 28፡12)

6.                  ኢየሩሳሌምን በማደስ ከተባበሩት የሜሱላም አባት፥ (ነህ 3:4 ፣ 30 ፣ 6:18)

II.                        በራክያ /Berachiah: ሰሎሞንም የእግዚአብሔርን ቤት በኢየሩሳሌም እስኪሠራ ድረስ በመገናኛ ድንኳን ማደሪያ ፊት እያዜሙ ያገለግሉ ነበር በየተራቸውም ያገለግሉ ከነበር ፥ አገልጋዮቹና ልጆቹ፥ (1 ዜና 6:39)