ze.rach.yah is a personal name occurring in genealogical descent and a father's identification.

The attested form is used as a personal name in descent statements: it identifies a father in Ezra 7:4 and Ezra 8:4, and occurs within a genealogical sequence in 1 Chronicles 6:36.

1. Personal name in descent statements · dominant

   In 1 Chronicles 6:36, the form is a Noun · Proper within a sequence of sons; the APB renders, "Son of Elkanah, son of Joel, son of Azariah, son of Zephaniah." In Ezra 7:4 and Ezra 8:4, the same proper-noun form identifies the father of a named descendant; the APB renders "son of Zerahiah son of Uzzi son of Bukki" and "Eliehoenai son of Zerahiah."

   1 Chronicles 6:36Ezra 7:4Ezra 8:4

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the name in son-of relationships across all three verses, including within a genealogical sequence and as the father of Eliehoenai. Its wording confirms the clause-level relationship rather than a separate lexical rendering.