bar.qos is a proper name used in lists identifying a group as its sons.

The form is used as a proper name in parallel list entries that identify “the sons of” this named group.

1. Proper name in a “sons of” list · dominant

   In Ezra 2:53 and Nehemiah 7:55, the form is tagged Noun · Proper and occurs in the repeated clause naming “the sons of Barkos” alongside the sons of Sisera and Temah. The APB renders the list in each verse with “the sons of Barkos.”

   Ezra 2:53Nehemiah 7:55

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across Ezra 2:53 and Nehemiah 7:55, the APB presents the name in the repeated phrase “the sons of Barkos.” The verse is read as a whole, but both verses place it within the same list structure.