𐔱𐔰𐕙𐔰𐕣𐔼𐔺𐔰

Aghwan

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Βαραχίας (Barakhías) whence Hebrew בֶּרֶכְיָה (Berekhyáhu, “Yahweh's blessing”).

Proper noun

𐔱𐔰𐕙𐔰𐕣𐔼𐔺𐔰 (barakiya)

1. (biblical) Barachias or Berechiah, father of Zacharias
   • Bible, Matthew 23.35:

     𐕆𐔴𐕘𐔰𐔾𐔰𐕎𐕄𐔴 𐔱𐔽𐔴𐕔𐔼 𐕆𐔰𐔾𐔰 𐔾𐕒𐕡𐕝𐕒𐕡 𐕚𐔴𐕙 𐕗𐔼 𐔱𐔰𐕙𐔰𐔺𐕒 𐔰𐕝𐔰𐔾𐔰𐔾 : 𐕗𐔼𐔺𐔰𐕇𐕒𐕠 𐔰𐔱𐔴𐔾𐔼 𐕚𐔴𐕙𐕒𐔺𐔰 : 𐕗𐔼𐔺𐔰𐔾𐕜𐕒𐕡𐕎 𐔵𐔰𐕣𐔰𐕙𐔼𐔺𐔰𐔺 𐕘𐔰𐕙𐔼𐕎 𐔱𐔰𐕙𐔰𐕣𐔼𐔺𐔰𐔺 𐕗𐕒𐕡𐕙𐔼𐕆𐔰𐕎𐔰𐔺𐕒𐕒𐕡𐕇𐕄𐔴𐕎𐔰𐕎 𐔱𐕞𐕡𐕘𐔰 𐕊𐔰𐕜𐔰𐕙𐕒𐕡𐕎 𐕒𐕡𐕎 𐔱𐕒𐕡𐕠𐔰𐔾𐕒𐕡𐕎:

     heġalanḳe bˁefi hala luśu ser ṗi barayo aśalal : ṗiyax̣oc abeli seroya : ṗiyalṭun zakariyay ġarin barakiyay ṗurihanayoux̣ḳenan büwġa č̣aṭarun un bucalun:

     so that all the righteous blood shed upon the earth may come upon you, from the blood of Abel the Righteous up to the blood of Zacharias, the son of Barachias, whom you killed between the temple and the altar

Further reading

• Gippert J., Schulze W., Aleksidze Z., Mahé J.-P., editors (2009), The Caucasian Albanian Palimpsests of Mount Sinai (Monumenta Palaeographica Medii Aevi: Series Ibero-Caucasica; 2), Turnhout: Brepols, →ISBN, page III-26