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title: זְרַחְיָה — Zerahiah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זְרַחְיָה (2228), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: Zerahiah. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זְרַחְיָה

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«זְרַחְיָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Zerahiah** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 5 times · **Key:** 2228 · **BDB:** זְרַחְיָה

### Glosses

Zerahiah (3); of.Zerahiah (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Zerahiah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2228/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2228/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (י׳ hath risen, or shined; Sab. דֿרחאל Hal49)—𝔊 Ζαραια:— priest 1 Ch 5:32(×2) 6:36 Ezr 7:4. head of a family of returned exiles Ezr 8:4 (= 1?).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «זְרַחְיָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2228/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 7:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.7.4/)

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בֶּן־זְרַֽחְיָ֥ה בֶן־עֻזִּ֖י בֶּן־בֻּקִּֽי׃

*Word for word:* the.son of.Zerahiah the.son of.Uzzi the.son of.Bukki

*JPS 1917:* the son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki,

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[1 Chronicles 6:36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.6.36/)

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בֻּקִּ֥י בְנ֛וֹ עֻזִּ֥י בְנ֖וֹ זְרַֽחְיָ֥ה בְנֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* Bukki son his Uzzi son his Zerahiah son his

*JPS 1917:* Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son;

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