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Berechiah

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Berechiah /bɛrəˈkaɪ.ə/ is a Jewish name that occurs several times in the Bible. It is derived from Berakhah, "blessing".

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In scripture

  • the father of the Hebrew prophet Zechariah and son of Iddo, according to Zechariah 1:1, but probably not the prophet by the same name. In Isaiah 8:2, he is referred to by the longer form of the same name, Jeberechiah or Jeberekiah.
  • son of Zerubbabel, according to 1 Chronicles 3:19-20 and the Seder Olam Zutta, was an Exilarch in Babylon

    • Other people with that name

  • Berechiah ha-Nakdan, 13th century writer and fabulist
  • Berechiah de Nicole, also known as Benedict fil Mosse, a 13th-century Tosafist who lived at Lincoln, England.
  • Berechiah Berak ben Isaac Eisik Shapira (died 1664), Galician preacher.

    • References

    Berechiah Wikipedia
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