Rephaiah
re.pha.yah is a personal name borne by men in genealogies, a leadership list, and a Jerusalem repair account.
The supplied passages use this term as a personal name: it identifies men within family lines, among leaders of a group traveling to Mount Seir, and as the father’s-named ruler who repaired a section in Jerusalem.
Senses in use
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Personal name in records and narrative lists · dominant
The form is tagged as a proper noun in every occurrence. In 1 Chronicles 3:21 and 1 Chronicles 9:43, the APB renders family succession clauses that identify a named son; in 1 Chronicles 4:42 and 1 Chronicles 7:2, it occurs among named men in group and ancestral lists. In Nehemiah 3:9, the APB renders “Rephaiah son of Hur” as the ruler who “strengthened the next section.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across all five verses, the APB presents the name as “Rephaiah,” within genealogical lines, lists of men, and the repair account. Its surrounding wording confirms the named-person context rather than supplying a lexical definition.