yo.ya.qim identifies a person placed in a genealogy and in notices dating priestly service.

The attested use identifies the same person in a lineage sequence and as the temporal reference point for priestly heads and service.

1. Personal name in lineage and temporal notices · dominant

   In Nehemiah 12:10, the proper noun occurs twice in a fathering sequence between Jeshua and Eliashib; the APB renders the clause “Jeshua fathered Joiakim; Joiakim fathered Eliashib.” In Nehemiah 12:12 and Nehemiah 12:26, the proper noun occurs in the phrase “in the days of,” with the latter verse further identifying him as son of Jeshua; the APB renders priestly heads and service as situated in those days.

   Nehemiah 12:10Nehemiah 12:12Nehemiah 12:26

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the name directly in the genealogy of Nehemiah 12:10 and in the temporal phrases “In the days of Joiakim” and “in the days of Joiakim” in Nehemiah 12:12 and Nehemiah 12:26. The verse is read as a whole.