re.a.yah is a personal name used in genealogical lines and in lists of descendants.

The occurrences present this term as a proper personal name: in genealogical succession in 1 Chronicles 4:2 and 1 Chronicles 5:5, and as the named ancestor of groups called his sons in Ezra 2:47 and Nehemiah 7:50.

1. Personal name in genealogies and descendant lists · dominant

   All four tokens are tagged Noun · Proper. In 1 Chronicles 4:2 and 1 Chronicles 5:5, the APB renders the name within father-to-son genealogical statements; in Ezra 2:47 and Nehemiah 7:50, it renders groups as “the sons of Reaiah.”

   1 Chronicles 4:21 Chronicles 5:5Ezra 2:47Nehemiah 7:50

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as “Reaiah” in each verse: once in genealogical succession and twice in the phrase “the sons of Reaiah.” It confirms the name's place in these clauses rather than supplying a lexical definition.