יִזְרַחְיָהYizrachyâh
proper name, masculine: will arise, shine
Pronunciation: yiz-rakh-yaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3156
Meanings
1. a man of Issachar (1 Chronicles 7:3)
2. overseer (הַפָּקִיד) of the singers (Nehemiah 12:42)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 3 times in the Bible.
- 1 Chronicles 7:3 The son of Uzzi was Izrahiah. The sons of Izrahiah were Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah. These five became the leaders of clans.
- Nehemiah 12:42 and the singers—Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malkijah, Elam, and Ezer. They played and sang loudly under the direction of Jezrahiah the choir director.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).