{"def":{"lit":"Jehovah blesses","short":"Berekjah, the name of six Israelites","long":["a son of Zerubbabel","a Levite who returned for the exile","father of Meshullam, one of Nehemiah's chiefs who assisted in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem","father of Zechariah","a Gershonite Levite, the father of Asaph, the singer, doorkeeper of the ark","an Ephraimite chief in the time of Ahaz"]},"deriv":"or בֶּרֶכְיָהוּ; from H1290 and H3050; knee (i.e., blessing) of Jah","pronun":{"ipa":"bɛ.rɛkˈjɔː","ipa_mod":"bɛ.ʁɛχˈjɑː","sbl":"berekyâ","dic":"beh-rek-YAW","dic_mod":"beh-rek-YA"}}