The extended hands ‘Hu la yad’ (Behold the hand) in a two fold witness

There is a reason as to why there are genealogies in scripture and many a times when we read Chronicles and other portions in scripture mentioning a descendancy through fathers we tend to skip through those passages as our human minds cannot comprehend the information. But as sons of Yahuah we must study every portion of it in comparing it with other scriptures to see the beautiful weaving of a witness Yahuah has done in His word showing us his faithfulness in our redemption. In this study we will see the second witness in scriptures bearing witness to Mashiyach our Yahuah as he is the promised seed and everything originates from him and completes in him. In this study we will see just how our Yahusha is a Prophet, Priest and King and we in him are the Royal Priesthood.

1Pe 2:9  But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a set-apart nation, a people for a possession, that you should proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light, 

We see that when Yaaqob gave the barakath to his 12 sons he mentioned the promise of the coming of Mashiyach through Yahudah and Yahusaph


Gen 49:8  “You, Yehuḏah, your brothers praise you; your hand is on the neck of your enemies; your father’s children bow down before you. 
Gen 49:9  “Yehuḏah is a lion’s cub; from the prey you have gone up, my son! He bowed down, he crouched like a lion. And like a lion, who does rouse him? 

Gen 49:10  “The sceptre shall not turn aside from Yehuḏah, nor a Lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh comes, and to Him is the obedience of peoples. 

Gen 49:22  “Yosĕph is an offshoot of a fruit-bearing tree, an offshoot of a fruit-bearing tree by a fountain, his branches run over a wall. 
Gen 49:23  “And the archers have bitterly grieved him, shot at him and hated him. 

Gen 49:24  “But his bow remained in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the Mighty One of Yaʽaqoḇ – from there is the Shepherd, the Stone of Yisra’ĕl –

In Chapter 48 we see just how Yahusaph's son Ephrayim was placed before Menasheh by Yaaqob placing his right hand on his head

Gen 48:17  And when Yosĕph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephrayim, it was evil in his eyes; and he took hold of his father’s hand to remove it from the head of Ephrayim to the head of Menashsheh. 
Gen 48:18  And Yosĕph said to his father, “Not so, my father, for this one is the first-born, put your right hand on his head.” 
Gen 48:19  But his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know. He also becomes a people, and he also is great. And yet, his younger brother is greater than he, and his seed is to become the completeness of the nations.” 

Gen 48:20  And he blessed them on that day, saying, “In you Yisra’ĕl shall bless, saying, ‘Elohim make you as Ephrayim and as Menashsheh!’ ” Thus he put Ephrayim before Menashsheh. 

Ephrayim became the firstborn and received the barakath of the first born. Yahuah uses his name interchangeably in scriptures as a representation of all the 12 tribes of Yasharal and I have touched based in detail on this in my study 'Eprathites of Beyth Lacham'

Jer 31:9  “With weeping they shall come, and with their prayers I bring them. I shall make them walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way in which they do not stumble. For I shall be a Father to Yisra’ĕl, and Ephrayim – he is My first-born.  

Moreover Yahuah also promised an eternal priesthood which has no beginning and an end of Mashiyach according to the order of Maskitsedeq

Psa 110:4  יהוה has sworn and does not relent, “You are a priest forever According to the order/dabar of Malkitseḏeq.” 

We all know the historical account of Yahudah who had 3 sons Er, Onan and Shalah. Er was evil and Yahuah killed him and he died childless. His brother Onan was asked to take his brother’s wife as his and while it came to be that he had to give seed to his dead brother he emitted his semen on the ground and this was evil and Yahuah killed him too.  Shalah was very young so Yahudah told his daughter in law to wait until Shalah grows older and he would give him to be her husband. But Yahudah forgot his promise and hence Tamar his daughter in law pretended to be a harlot and got impregnated by her father in law Yahudah and twins were in her womb.

Gen 38:6 And Yahudah took a woman for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar.

Gen 38:7 And Er, Yahudah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of YAHUAH; and YAHUAH slew him.

Gen 38:8 And Yahudah said unto Onan, Go in unto your brother's woman, and marry her, and raise up seed to your brother.

Gen 38:9 And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother's woman, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother.

Gen 38:10 And the thing which he did displeased YAHUAH: wherefore he slew him also.

Gen 38:11 Then said Yahudah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at your father's house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest perchance he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house.

Gen 38:27  And it came to be, at the time for giving birth, that see, twins were in her(Tamar’s) womb.

Gen 38:28  And it came to be, when she was giving birth, that the one put out his hand. And the midwife took a scarlet thread/shanay H8144 and bound it on his hand, saying, “This one came out first/rashun H7223.”

Gen 38:29  And it came to be, as he drew back/shub H7725 his hand, that see, his brother came out! And she said, “How did you break through/parats H6555? This breach/parats H6555 be upon you!” So his name was called Perets/H6557.

Gen 38:30  And afterward his brother came out who had the scarlet thread/shanay H8144 on his hand. So his name was called Zarach/H2226. 

H8559 Tamar is from H8558 which means ‘erect/palm tree’.

H3063 Yahudah comes from two root words ‘Yahu’ which is a short form for the name ‘Yahuah’ and ‘yadah’ H3034 which means to worship with extended hands (yad: hand is a root word in yadah) 

The erect/palm tree (Tamar) getting seed from her Father in Law (Cham: H2524) has a deep ruach meaning hidden

Gen 38:13 And it was told Tamar/H8559, saying, Behold your father in law/cham H2524 goes up to Timnah/H8553 to shear/gazaz H1494 his sheep/tsaun H6629.

Cham H2524:

Timnah H8553:

Gazaz H1494:

Tsaun H6629:

The tsaun/sheep had the ability/power to bear the wickedness/vanity of mankind as a sin offering. The tsad shows the side i.e. a pointing to the altar where the sheep is sacrificed for Yasharal’s wickedness. While the blood of bulls, goats/sheep could not atone for Yasharal’s sins and stood in types, it points to the sacrifice of Yahusha ha Mashiyach who is the fulfillment of the type, He is the one who went as a sheep before the gazaz/shearers and opened not his mouth. Tsan/Tsun is a root word is ‘Tsayun (Tsiyon/Zion) H6726 from H6725’ and Tsayun means ‘sign/title/waymark’ or a ‘guiding pillar’

Psa 2:6 Yet have I set my King upon my Set-Apart hill of Tsiyon.

Psa 2:7 I will declare the decree: YAHUAH has said unto me, You are my Son; this day have I begotten you.

When Abraham went to sacrifice Yitshaq on Mount Moriah he saw a ram caught with its horns in the thickets and offered it in place of his son Yitshaq and he named the place ‘Yahuah Yarah’ which means ‘In the mount Yahuah will be seen’. The King set on the Set-Apart place of Tsiyon is Yahusha ha Mashiyach as he was the sheep/ram who was sacrificed in place of Abraham’s promised seed.

In Gen 38:13 we read it was told Tamar that her cham/father in law was going to Timnah/a weighed out portion to gazaz/shear his tsaun/sheep

We see a picture of Tamar/erect or upright Palm tree intervening the fence which held the water and the blood/cham (also meaning father in law), the water and blood which was held back would have cut off the sheep belonging to Tsiyon but she took the seed into her womb from the hands that would be extended i.e. Yahu yadah (Yahudah)

In the Ruach Haykal/Temple Ezekiel saw on the walls of the Most Set-Apart place all around Tamar/palm tree between the two faces of a Kerub which had a face of a man and a face of a lion.

Eze 41:18  And it was made with keruḇim and palm trees, and a palm tree between keruḇ and keruḇ. A keruḇ had two faces,

Eze 41:19  so that the face of a man was toward a palm tree on one side, and the face of a young lion toward a palm tree on the other side – made on all the House all around. 

Hence, we see Tamar intervening in giving twins Perets and Zarach which we will see in a while.

It became a custom in Yasharal to barak women in the lineage of Yahudah with a specific barakath prophetically as we see done to Ruth.

Rth 4:11 And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. YAHUAH make את eth-the woman (Ruth) that is come into your house like Rachel and like Le’ah, which two did build the house of Yashar’el: and do you worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Beyt Lechem:

Rth 4:12 And let your house be like the house of Perets, whom Tamar bore unto Yahudah, of the seed which YAHUAH shall give you of this young woman.

Rth 4:18 Now these are the generations of Perets: Perets begat את eth-Chetsron,

Rth 4:19 And Chetsron begat את eth-Ram, and Ram begat את eth-Ammiynadab,

Rth 4:20 And Ammiynadab begat את eth-Nachshon, and Nachshon begat את eth-Salmah,

Rth 4:21 And Salmah begat את eth-Bo`az, and Bo`az begat את eth-Obed,

Rth 4:22 And Obed begat את eth-Yishai, and Yishai begat את eth-David.

The Mashiyach came from the lineage of Perets

Mat 1:2 Abraham begat את eth-Yitschaq; and Yitschaq begat את eth-Ya`aqob; and Ya`aqob begat את eth-Yahudah and את eth-his brethren;

Mat 1:3 And Yahudah begat את eth-Perets and את eth-Zerach of Tamar; and Perets begat את eth-Chetsron; and Chetsron begat את eth-Aram;

Mat 1:4 And Aram begat את eth-Ammiynadab; and Ammiynadab begat את eth-Nachshon; and Nachshon begat את eth-Salmah;

Mat 1:5 And Salmah begat את eth-Bo`az of Rachab; and Bo`az begat את eth-Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat את eth-Yishai;

Mat 1:6 And Yishai begat את eth-David the king; and David the king begat את eth-Shalomah of her that had been the woman of Uriyahu;

Mat 1:7 And Shalomah begat את eth-Rechab`am; and Rech­ ab`am begat את eth-Abiyahu; and Abiyahu begat את eth-Aca;

Mat 1:8 And Aca begat את eth-Yahushaphat; and Yahushaphat begat את eth-Yoram; and Yoram begat את eth Uzziyahu;

Mat 1:9 And Uzziyahu begat את eth-Yotham; and Yotham begat את eth-Achaz; and Achaz begat את eth-Yechizqiyahu;

Mat 1:10 And Yechizqiyahu begat את eth-Men­ ashsheh; and Menashsheh begat את eth-Amon; and Amon begat את eth-Yo’shiyahu;

Mat 1:11 And Yo’shiyahu begat את eth-Yekonyahu and את eth-his brethren, about the time they were carried away to Babel:

Mat 1:12 And after they were brought to Babel, Yekonyahu את eth begat She’altiy’el; and She’altiy’el begat את eth-Zerubbavel;

Mat 1:13 And Zerubbavel begat את eth-Abiyhud; and Abiyhud begat את eth-Elyaqiym; and Elyaqiym begat את eth Azzur;

Mat 1:14 And Azzur begat את eth-Tsadoq; and Tsadoq begat את eth-Yoqiym; and Yoqiym begat את eth-El’ayil;

Mat 1:15 And El’ayil begat את eth-El`azar; and El`azar begat את eth-Matthan; and Matthan begat את eth-Ya`aqob;

Mat 1:16 And Ya`aqob begat את eth-Yoceph the father of Miryam, of whom was born YAHUSHA, who is called MASHIACH.

But wasn’t the scarlet thread tied on the hand of Zarach and not on Perets? Perets means ‘breach’ which means to ‘burst forth and come’

The names of the sons of Perets and Zarach reveal the concealed plan of Yahuah

Perets:

Rth 4:18 Now these are the generations of Perets: Perets begat את eth-Chetsron,

Rth 4:19 And Chetsron begat את eth-Ram, and Ram begat את eth-Ammiynadab,

Rth 4:20 And Ammiynadab begat את eth-Nachshon, and Nachshon begat את eth-Shalmun,

Rth 4:21 And Shalmun begat את eth-Bo`az, and Bo`az begat את eth-Obed,

Rth 4:22 And Obed begat את eth-Yishai, and Yishai begat את eth-David.

Chetsron H2696: from H2691 which means ‘courtyard’

Ram H7410:  from H7311 which means ‘exalt/extol’

Amyanadab H5992: from ‘Am’ H5971 which means ‘nation/people’ & nadab H5068 which means ‘offer freely’ i.e. a nation that offers freely

Nachshun H5177: from H5172 nachash which means one who ‘enchants/whispers/divine’

Shalmun H8012: from ‘shalmah’ which means ‘garment/raiment’

Boaz H1162: from Beyt/House ‘az’ which means ‘strong’. House that is strong

Obed H5744: from H5647 ‘abad/servant’.  Obed means ‘serving’

Yishai H3448: means ‘extant/enduring/surviving/abiding’

Daud H1732: from H1730 ‘dad/dud’ which means ‘beloved/friend/lover’. Daud means ‘loving’

To Daud was made the promise that his throne will be established forever. The names from Perets unto Daud reveal the exalted courtyard in which people will freely offer wearing a garment of divine (ephod) and the house would be strong in which his beloved will be serving enduring/abiding continually.

Perets had another son Chamul which we will not discuss as we are only looking at from where Mashiyach sprang forth and also are looking at Tamar’s seed representation

Zarach:

Zarach was Peret’s brother who had put out his hand and the midwife had put a scarlet thread on his hand and it says in English that he drew back his hand.  The word ‘shub’ actually means ‘to turn’. Park this word as of now, we will understand what it means when we have seen the names of the sons of Zarach.

1Ch 2:6 And the sons of Zerach; Zimriy, and Eythan, and Heyman, and Kalkol, and Dara: five of them in all.

Zimriy H2174: from ‘zamar’ H2167 which means ‘music/sing praises/psalms’ and Zimriy means ‘my music’

Aythan H387: from H386 which means ‘Continue/Permanent/Enduring’

Hayman H1968: means ‘hay/behold’ ‘yaman’ H3231 which means ‘take the right-hand side’. His name also is a variant of ‘Aman’ which means ‘faithful’

Kalkol H3633: ‘Kal’ means ‘complete/whole’. Kalkol means ‘making whole’

Dara/Darda H1873: means ‘the arm’

Zerach means ‘rising’. The five sons of Zerach show ‘My music which is continually rising causing to take the right-hand side, making whole, causing to see the arm’. Turah is represented by the 5 scrolls. The Turah has the scarlet thread of redemption which witnesses the breaking forth/perets of the seed. The hand/yad of Zerach/rising turned/shub to the right path in redemption making way to the one who was to come forth i.e. the ha Mashiyach. The extended hands of worship (Yahudah) is seen rising to exalt Yahusha ha Mashiyach.

1Ki 4:30  And Shelomoh’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the men of the East and all the wisdom of Mitsrayim.

1Ki 4:31  For he was wiser than all men, than Ěythan the Azarachay, and Hĕman, and Kalkol, and Darda, the sons of Machol/dancing H4235. And his name was in all the nations round about.

If you notice 4 of the names Eythan, Hayman, Kalkol and Darda are named to be wise men, Shelemoh the son of Daud was wiser than them. We have Heman’s Psalm 88 recorded, the same Heman who was the descendant of Zerach as he is mentioned as ‘Azarachay’

Psa 88:1 A Song or Mizmor of the sons of Qorach, to the chief Musician upon Machalath Leannoth, Maskiyl of Heyman the Azarachay. - O YAHUAH ELOHAI of my yeshu`ah (salvation), I have cried day and night before you:

We have Eythan’s Psalm recorded as Psalms 89, the same Eythan who was the descendant of Zerach as he is mentioned here as ‘Azarachy’

Psa 89:1 Maskiyl of Eythan the Ezrachiy. - I WILL sing of the mercies of YAHUAH forever: with my mouth will I make known your faithfulness to all generations.

The Septuagint translation into Greek translates Ezrachiy to Israelite, this is a scribal error as the translators couldn't comprehend how these Levites Heyman and Eythan who stood during David's time could be descendants of Zerach the son of Yahudah.

Thus, we see the extended hands in praise, the hand on which the scarlet thread was tied to.

But weren’t only Levi’s sons promised these offices and no other tribe in Yasharal?

We see in 1Chro 6:33 this Heyman who stood at the time of David and Shelemoh was a Qohathite i.e. from the lineage of Levi and hence we have a recorded distinction between the sons of Zerach and sons of Qohath and Merari but at the same time the great grandson of Qohath i.e. Heyman and the great grandson of Merari i.e. Eythan are called seed of Zarach/Zerah the twin son of Yahudah through Tamar his daughter-in-law

1Ch 6:32 And they ministered before the dwelling place of the Tabernacle of the assembly with singing, until Shalomah had built את eth-the house of YAHUAH in Yerushalayim: and then they waited on their office according to their order.

1Ch 6:33 And these are they that waited with their children. Of the sons of the Qohathiym: Heyman a singer, the son of Yo’el, the son of Shemu’el,

1Ch 6:34 The son of Elqanah, the son of Yerocham, the son of Eliy’el, the son of Toach,

1Ch 6:35 The son of Tsuph, the son of Elqanah, the son of Machath, the son of Amasai,

1Ch 6:36 The son of Elqanah, the son of Yo’el, the son of Azaryahu, the son of Tsephanyahu,

1Ch 6:37 The son of Tachath, the son of Acciyr, the son of Evyacaph, the son of Qorach,

1Ch 6:38 The son of Yitshar, the son of Qohath, the son of Leviy, the son of Yashar’el.

Let’s read 1Kings 4:30-31 again…

1Ki 4:30  And Shelomoh’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the men of the East and all the wisdom of Mitsrayim.

1Ki 4:31  For he was wiser than all men, than Ěythan the Azarachay, and Hĕman, and Kalkol, and Darda, the sons of Machol/dancing H4235. And his name was in all the nations round about.

In comparison to Psalms 88 & 89 verses 1 we see Eythan and Heman were both Azarachay i.e. descendants of Zerach. Also, this Eythan is also known as Yeduthun the chief musician

H250 Ezrachiy/Azarachay: descendants of Zerach: - Ezrahite.

But we see their father mentioned here is named as Machol which means ‘dancing’ which is a variant of the name Zarach as Zarach would rise in worshiping Mashiyach. So, it is evident that the 5 sons of Zerach represented the extended hands in worship of Yahuah as it says in the renewed covenant as singing Pslams, Hyms and Spiritual songs unto Yahuah.

Exo 6:16 And these are the names of the sons of Leviy according to their generations; Gershon, and Qohath, and Merariy: and the years of the life of Leviy were a hundred thirty and seven years.

Gershon, Qohath and Merariy were brothers (sons of Levi) and 1 Chro 6:33-48 ties Heyman to be Qohath’s seed and Eythan to Merari’s seed. Eythan is listed as son of Qushayahu in 1 Chro 15:17, son of Qiyshiy in 1Chro 6:44 where Qushayahu and Qishiy are just variants of the same name. Infact 1 Chro 6:44-47 clearly ties him to Machalay son of Mushi, son of Merari, son of Levi (also see 1 Chro 23:23)

1Ch 6:33 And these are they that waited with their children. Of the sons of the Qohathiym: Heyman a singer, the son of Yo’el, the son of Shemu’el…….

1Ch 6:38 The son of Yitshar, the son of Qohath, the son of Leviy, the son of Yashar’el.

1Ch 15:17 So the Leviyiym appointed את eth Heyman the son of Yo’el; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berekyahu; and of the sons of Merariy their brethren Eythan the son of Qushayahu;

1Ch 6:44 And their brethren the sons of Merariy stood on the left hand: Eythan the son of Qiyshiy, the son of Abdiy, the son of Malluk,

1Ch 6:45 The son of Chashavyahu, the son of Amatsyahu, the son of Chilqiyahu,

1Ch 6:46 The son of Amtsiy, the son of Baniy, the son of Shemer,

1Ch 6:47 The son of Machliy, the son of Mushiy, the son of Merariy, the son of Leviy.

1Ch 23:21 The sons of Merariy; Machliy, and Mushiy. The sons of Machliy; El`azar, and Qiysh.

1Ch 23:22 And El`azar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and their brethren the sons of Qiysh took them.

1Ch 23:23 The sons of Mushiy; Machliy, and Eder, and Yeriymoth, three.

1Ch 23:24 These were the sons of Leviy after the house of their fathers; even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of YAHUAH, from the age of twenty years and upward.

Hence 1Kings 4:31 is a comparison of Shelemoh to sons of Zerach and not Levi’s seed.

1Ki 4:31  For he was wiser than all men, than Ěythan the Azarachay, and Hĕman, and Kalkol, and Darda, the sons of Machol/dancing H4235. And his name was in all the nations round about.

All this seems to be a contradiction in the first blush as we see Heyman tied to Qohath lineage and Eythan tied to Merari lineage and we saw Qohath and Merari were brothers as they were sons of Levi, but the father is listed here as Machol in 1Kings 4:31. This confusion will remain if we don’t see two possibilities:

1)  a prophetic tie up between the sons of Zerach and sons of Levi or else it will be very confusing as to why they are called Azacharay i.e. descendants of Zerach who was a son of Yahudah in Psalms 88 & 89? That’s because these Psalms were written by the sons of Levi in the prophetic office of Zerach’s seed. Zarach also named as Machol was the son of Yahudah and is prophetically placed here. We saw the lineage of Heyman was from Qohath and Eythan was from Merari.

2)  Also, a tie up in intermarriage between Levites and sons of Yahudah bringing forth Heyman and Eythan, descendants of Levi but also named as Azarachay. Scriptures seem silent on this in the first blush; hence, we must look up in comparing scriptures to derive truth.

Jdg 17:7 And there was a young man out of Beyt Lechem Yahudah of the family of Yahudah, who was a Leviyiy, and he sojourned there.

The scroll of Judges shows us the result of intermarriage between Yahudites and Levites as seen in the scripture above. If you recollect Yaaqob and his 11 sons went up to Mitsrayim to Yahusaph and their children multiplied there abundantly and there was no recorded genealogy as long as they were in Mitsrayim. The only genealogy recorded was after Masha took their census post them coming out of Mitsrayim. Hence Yahudah along with his sons Perets and Zerach and their sons were in Mitsrayim in the house of bondage until their death.

Merari lineage:

‘Machalay’ was a son of Merari and also a son of Mushi (son of Merari). Machalay means ‘Sick’ and Merari means ‘Bitter’. Also, Kalkol and Darda were sons of Zerah/Zarach and not from Levitical lineage. Their father here is mentioned as Machol and a synonym for Zerach and means ‘dancing’.

‘Azarachay means Alaph/I will Zarachay/raise you’ where Zarach/Zerah means ‘Rise/Rising’. Hence, Zerach would prophetically rise in the extended hand in worship and speaks prophetically of the witness of the resurrection of Mashiyach.

Psalms 88 & 89 are ‘Maschil’s’ H4905 which has the root word H7919 ‘sakal’ which means ‘Understanding/Wise’. 13 times scripture records the word ‘Maschil’ H4905 and each time is mentioned in the Psalms and means a pondering/instructiveness/being thoughtful/understanding/contemplation.

Example: A Psalm of Dawid. A contemplation/maschil H4905. Ps32:1 Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered!

Psa 42:1 To the chief Musician, A contemplation/maschil H4905, of the sons of Qorach. - AS the deer pants after the water brooks, so pants my soul after you, O ELOHIYM.

When we look closer to Psalms 88:1 we read ‘of the sons of Korah’ which clears the air that Heyman was a direct descendant of Korah the grandson of Qohath and the writer of this Psalm sung by him and his brothers. The Psalm says of the ‘sons of Korah’ to the chief musician and the ones standing as chief musicians were Asaph great grandson of Gershom, Heyman the great grandson of Qohath and Yeduthun/Eythan great grandson of Merari.

1Ch 15:17 So the Leviyiym appointed את eth Heyman the son of Yo’el; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berekyahu; and of the sons of Merariy their brethren, Eythan the son of Qushayahu;

The Chief musicians:

1Ch 6:31 And these are they whom Daviyd set over the service of song in the house of YAHUAH, after that the Ark had rest.

1Ch 6:32 And they ministered before the dwelling place of the Tabernacle of the assembly with singing, until Shalomah had built את eth-the house of YAHUAH in Yerushalayim: and then they waited on their office according to their order.

Heyman: In prophet Shemuel’s lineage unto Qohath

1Ch 6:33 And these are they that waited with their children. Of the sons of the Qohathiym: Heyman a singer, the son of Yo’el, the son of Shemu’el,

1Ch 6:34 The son of Elqanah, the son of Yerocham, the son of Eliy’el, the son of Toach,

1Ch 6:35 The son of Tsuph, the son of Elqanah, the son of Machath, the son of Amasai,

1Ch 6:36 The son of Elqanah, the son of Yo’el, the son of Azaryahu, the son of Tsephanyahu,

1Ch 6:37 The son of Tachath, the son of Acciyr, the son of Evyacaph, the son of Qorach,

1Ch 6:38 The son of Yitshar, the son of Qohath, the son of Leviy, the son of Yashar’el.

Asaph: from the lineage of Gershom

1Ch 6:39 And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berekyahu, the son of Shim`a,

1Ch 6:40 The son of Miyka’el, the son of Ba`aseyah, the son of Malkiyahu,

1Ch 6:41 The son of Ethniy, the son of Zerach, the son of Adayahu,

1Ch 6:42 The son of Eythan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shim`iy,

1Ch 6:43 The son of Yachath, the son of Gershom, the son of Leviy.

Eythan: from the lineage of Merari

1Ch 6:44 And their brethren the sons of Merariy stood on the left hand: Eythan the son of Qiyshiy, the son of Abdiy, the son of Malluk,

1Ch 6:45 The son of Chashavyahu, the son of Amatsyahu, the son of Chilqiyahu,

1Ch 6:46 The son of Amtsiy, the son of Baniy, the son of Shemer,

1Ch 6:47 The son of Machliy, the son of Mushiy, the son of Merariy, the son of Leviy.

1Ch 25:1 MOREOVER Daviyd and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heyman, and of Yeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their service was:

Yeduthun: H3038 comes from two words ‘yadah’ H3034 which means praise with extended hands and ‘tun/tan’ which means ‘gift’

Now let’s look at Psalms 88 & 89 verse 1

Psa 88:1 A Song or Mizmor of the sons of Korah, to the chief Musician upon Machalath Leannoth, Maskiyl of Heyman the Ezrachiy. - O YAHUAH ELOHAI of my yeshu`ah (salvation), I have cried day and night before you:

If you look at the word ‘Machalath’ is a variant of ‘Machalay’ H4249 the son of Merari which means ‘sickness’ (from chalah H2470). It was a probably reference to one of the sons of Merari ‘Machalay’ which means ‘sickness’ and they were showing a rising from the sickness to the Machol/dancing.

The word ‘Leannoth’ comes from the word ‘anah’ H6031 which means ‘to/lamed humble/anah’ Here the sons of Korah are saying to their brother Eythan/Yeduthun the chief musician upon/ayil (rising)H5921 ‘from (mem) sickness in humility’

Mem also means water and blood and depicts the spiritual affliction of the soul in being in anah/submitting self to a deep cleansing by Mashiyach. It further says ‘Maschil’ of Heyman the Ezrachay where ‘maschil’ means ‘from/mem understanding/sakal of behold the right side/Heyman of the one who said I will raise you/Ezrachiy

Exo 6:18  And the sons of Qohath: Amram, and Yitshar, and Ḥeḇron, and Uzzi’ĕl. And the years of the life of Qohath were one hundred and thirty-three.

Exo 6:21  And the sons of Yitshar: Qoraḥ, and Nepheḡ, and Ziḵri.

But when we read Psalms 89:1 we don’t see Eythan’s Psalm attributed to sons of Korah but it says ‘Maskiyl’ which means ‘from/mem understanding/sakal of the one Enduring/Eythan the one who said ‘’I will raise you/Ezrachiy’’

Psa 89:1 Maskiyl of Eythan the Ezrachiy. - I WILL sing of the mercies of YAHUAH forever: with my mouth will I make known your faithfulness to all generations.

Coming back to 1Kings 4:31 the son ‘Zimriy’ which means ‘my music’ is missing here and only 4 sons of Zarach are mentioned here. What happened to ‘Zimriy’ here is a mystery and that's because his other name is Zabdi

Jos 7:1 BUT the children of Yashar’el committed a transgression in the accursed thing: for Akan, the son of Karmiy, the son of Zabdiy, the son of Zerach, of the tribe of Yahudah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of YAHUAH was kindled against the children of Yashar’el.

We saw the meaning of Zimriy which means ‘My Music’

Zabdi H2067 is from the root word ‘zabad’ H2065 which means ‘a gift/dowry’

1Ch 2:4 And Tamar his daughter in law bore him את eth-Perets and את eth-Zerach. All the sons of Yahudah were five.

1Ch 2:5 The sons of Perets; Chets­ron, and Chamul.

1Ch 2:6 And the sons of Zerach; Zimriy, and Eythan, and Heyman, and Kalkol, and Dara: five of them in all.

1Ch 2:7 And the sons of Karmiy; Akar, the troubler of Ya­ shar’el, who transgressed in the thing accursed.

The son of Zarach ‘Zimriy’ is named as ‘Zabdi’ which means gift/dowry and is evident that his lineage is identified by his son Karmiy from whom came Achan.

We also see Achan H5912 in Joshua 7:1 which means ‘trouble’ named as Achar H5917 in 1 Chro 2:7 which means ‘Stir’. Hence, change of name relating to a situation can be seen consistently in scriptures.

Gen 46:12 And the sons of Yahudah; Er, and Onan, and Shelach, and Perets, and Zerach: but Er and Onan died in the land of Kena`an. And the sons of Perets were Chetsron and Chamul.

This son Karmiy in Josh 7:1 is called a son of Zabdi (actually Zimri) and was borrowed according the Torah of giving seed to the dead brother to keep his name alive in Yasharal.

Zimri the firstborn of Zarach would have died childless and the son of Perets i.e. Chetsron gave seed to keep Zimri’s name alive in Yasharal and hence, Karmiy was the son to keep Zimri’s name alive in Yasharal as Zabdi/gift or dowry.

1Ch 4:1 The sons of Yahudah; Perets, Chetsron, and Karmiy, and Choriy, and Shobal.

1Chro 4:1 shows Karmiy the father of Achan to be the son of Chetsron who was the son of Perets

Hence, we don’t see anywhere the sons of Zimri mentioned as he had none and would have died childless. Perets which means breach/breaking forth/gap would be like a divider as seen on the walls of the Most Set-Apart place where Tamar/Palm tree was between a cherub with a face of a man facing it and a face of a lion facing it.

Eze 41:17  from the space above the door, even to the inner house, as well as outside, and on every wall all around, inside and outside, by measure.

Eze 41:18  And it was made with keruḇim and palm trees/tamarah, and a palm tree between keruḇ and keruḇ. A keruḇ had two faces,

Eze 41:19  so that the face of a man was toward a palm tree on one side, and the face of a young lion toward a palm tree on the other side – made on all the House all around.

Sons of Chetsron:

1Ch 2:9 The sons also of Chetsron, that were born unto him; את eth-Yerachme’el, and את eth-Ram, and את eth-Kelubai/Kelab.

The Mashiyach lineage recorded by Matthew in Chapter 1 is from his son Ram but what is interesting to see is Matthew records Zarach along with his brother but there is a pause in his lineage as only the lineage from Chetsron son of Perets is shown from where Mashiyach came.

Mat 1:2 Abraham begat את eth-Yitschaq; and Yitschaq begat את eth-Ya`aqob; and Ya`aqob begat את eth-Yahudah and את eth-his brethren;

Mat 1:3 And Yahudah begat את eth-Perets and את eth-Zerach of Tamar; and Perets begat את eth-Chetsron; and Chetsron begat את eth-Aram;….

1Ch 4:1 THE sons of Yahudah; Perets, Chetsron, and Karmiy, and Choriy, and Shobal.

1Ch 4:2 And Re’ayah the son of Shobal begat את eth-Yachath, and Yachath begat את eth-Achumai, and את eth-Lahad. These are the families of the Tsor`iym.

1Ch 4:3 And these were of the father of Eytam; Yizre’el, and Yishma, and Yidbash: and the name of their sister was Tselelponiy:

1Ch 4:4 And Penu’el the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Chushah. These are the sons of Choriy, the firstborn of Ephrathah, the father of Beyt Lechem.

1 Chro 4:1 shows the other sons of Chetsron i.e. Karmiy (son of Zimri as per Torah of the dead brother), Choriy & Shobal (sons through his son Kaleb through Ephratah)

1Ch 2:18  And Kalĕḇ son of Ḥetsron brought forth children by Azuḇah, his wife, and by Yeriyoth. Now these were her sons: Yĕsher, and Shoḇaḇ, and Ardon.

1Ch 2:19  And Azuḇah died, and Kalĕḇ took Ephrath as his wife, who bore him Choriy

1Ch 2:20  And Choriy brought forth Uri, and Uri brought forth Betsal’ĕl.

1Ch 2:50 These were the descendants of Kalĕḇ: The son Choriy, the first-born of Ephrathah: Shoḇal the father of Qiryath Yeʽarim, 

1Ch 2:51 Salma the father of Bĕyth Leḥem, Ḥarĕph the father of Bĕyth Gaḏer. 

1Ch 2:52 And Shoḇal the father of Qiryath Yeʽarim had descendants: Haro’eh, half of the Menuḥothites. 

1Ch 2:53 And the clans of Qiryath Yeʽarim: the Yithrites, and the Puthites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites. From these came the Tsorʽathites and the Eshta’olites. 

1Ch 2:54 The sons of Salma: Bĕyth Leḥem, the Netophathites, Atroth Bĕyth Yo’aḇ, and half of the Menaḥtites, and the Tsorʽites. 

1Ch 2:55 And the clans of the scribes who dwelt at Yaḇĕts: the Tirathites, the Shimʽathites, the Suḵathites. These were the Qĕynites who came from Ḥammath, the father of the house of Rĕḵaḇ. 

In 1Chronicles 2:19 her name is written in a short form 'Ephrath'

Hence, we see Ephrayim and Yahudah becoming one stick

1Ch 2:21 And afterward Chetsron went in to the daughter of Makiyr the father of Gil`ad, whom he married when he was threescore years old; and she bore him את eth-Segub.

Gen 50:23  And Yosĕph saw Ephrayim’s children to the third generation. The children of Maḵir, son of Menashsheh, were also brought up on Yosĕph’s knees.

We also see Chetsron son of Perets taking the daughter of Makir the son of Menashseh and hence became a breach between Ephrayim and Menashsheh where it was said of Yoseph that from here will the Stone of Yasharal.

Gen 49:22 Yahusaph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:

Gen 49:23 The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:

Gen 49:24 But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty ELOHIYM of Ya`aqob; (from thence is The Shepherd, The Stone of Yashar’el:)

He even became a breach between Ephrayim and Levi as this Heyman who is called as Azarachay is tied to Samuel the prophet. This is another proof that he (Heyman) was both of sons of Korah and of Eprathites. In my study ‘Ephrathites of Bayth Lacham Yahudah’ I touched based on this in detail. Here is an extract from the study:

Qorah's genealogy:

1) Elqanah:

1Ch 6:25 And the sons of Elqanah: Amasai and Aḥimoth.

1Ch 6:26 Elqanah – the sons of Elqanah: Tsophai/Tsuph his son, and Naḥath his son, 

1Chr 6:26-27 Elqanah had 4 sons but---two sons Tsuph and Nahath are listed in the prophet Shemuel’s genealogy

1Ch 6:33 And these are the ones who stood with their sons: Of the sons of the Qehathites were Hĕman the singer, son of Yo’ĕl, son of Shemu’ĕl, 

1Ch 6:34 son of Elqanah, son of Yeroḥam, son of Eli’ĕl, son of Tuach, 

1Ch 6:35 son of Tsuph, son of Elqanah, son of Maḥath, son of Amasai, 

1Ch 6:36 son of Elqanah, son of Yo’ĕl, son of Azaryah, son of Tsephanyah, 

1Ch 6:37 son of Taḥath, son of Assir, son of Eḇyasaph, son of Qoraḥ, 

1Ch 6:38 son of Yitshar, son of Qehath, son of Lĕwi, son of Yisra’ĕl.

The Ephrathite linage can be seen from Tsuph as 1 Sam 1:1 says ‘And there was a certain man of Ramathayim Tsuphim, of the mountains of Ephrayim’

1Sa 1:1 And there was a certain man of Ramathayim Tsophim, of the mountains of Ephrayim, and his name was Elqanah son of Yeroḥam, son of Elihu/Eliel, son of Tachu, son of Tsuph, an Ephrathite. 

Ramathayim is plural of Ramah, a place on the mountains of Ephrayim and Tsophim plural of Tsuph referring to Ramah in which one of its probable prominent head Tsuph an Ephrathite lived after whose name the place was called and he is named as one of the fathers of Elqanah. This Ramah shouldn't be confused with the Ramah in Yahudah where Matthew 2:16-17 shows Herod killing all children from two years and under in Bayth Lacham and all its coasts.

Now in understanding the genealogy of Elqanah in 1 Chr 6:27 Elqanah's immediate father is named as Yeroham son of Eliyab son of Nahath son of Tsuphay/Tsuph son of Elqanah (great grandfather of Elqanah father of Shemuel).

 In 1 Chr 6:34 Elqanah's immediate father is named as Yeroham son of Eliel son of Tuach son of Tsuph (who was an Ephrathite as per 1 Sam 1:1) son of Elqanah (great grandfather of Shemuel).  

How is this possible?

According to the Turah of Masha if a man in Yasharal dies childless his brother/closest relative redeems the dead brother's wife and the seed born to her will be called after the dead man so that the dead man’s name remains alive in Yasharal.

1Chr 6:26-27 Elqanah---two sons Tsuph/Tsuphay and Nahath

Elqanah---Nahath---Eliyab H446 (1Chr 6:27) or Eliel H447 (1 Chr 6:34) or Elihu H453 (1 Sam 1:1)---Yeroham---Elaqanah---Shemuel

This same person is mentioned with three name variants showing us that he was the seed given to keep the name of the dead man alive in Yasharal

Eliyab means -Al/Alahym is Ahb/Father ---Alahym is Father

Eliel means- Alay/My Alahym is Al/Alahym----My Alahym is Alahym

Elihu means- Alay/My Alahym of him/hu---My Alahym of him

1 Chr 6:34-35 Elqanah---Tsuph---Tuach-----Eliel/Eliyab/Elihu----Yeroham---Elqanah---Shemuel

It is evident that Elqanah (great grandfather of Elqanah father of Shemuel) had two sons Nahath and Tsuph from different wives (one a Levite and one an Ephrathite). This can be seen in 1 Chr 6:25-26 the two sets of sons are mentioned separately and not clubbed together i.e. 1) Amasai & Ahimoth 2) Tsuph & Nahath.

The only possibility of Elqanah and his son the prophet Shemuel are called Ephrathite’s if we see Nahath being the son of Elqanah from his Levite wife and Tsuph being the son of Elqanah from his Ephrathite wife. 

Nahath would have died childless and Tsuph of the Ephrathite mother would have given his son Tuach to give Nahath's wife a seed named Eliyab/Eliel/Elihu who would be called after the dead man Nahath to keep his name as a Levite alive in Yasharal. In this way in Yahuah's description they would be both Levi as well as Ephrathites. Ephrayim was given the greater blessing than his younger brother Menashsheh and if Menashsheh's daughters also received an inheritance with their brothers, the Ephrathite women would have received a double portion as the name Eprath/Ephratah itself means 'ash heap'

1Chr 6:26-27 Elqanah---two sons Tsuph and Nahath

Nahath---Eliyab/Eliel/Elihu---Yeroham---Elaqanah---Shemuel

1 Chr 6:34-35 Elqanah---Tsuph---Tuach-----Eliyab/Eliel/Elihu----Yeroham---Elqanah---Shemuel

2) Ebyasaph:

Qorah---Ebyasaph---Assir---Tahath---Tsephanyah---Azaryah---Yoel---Elqanah (another Elqanah from Ebyasaph lineage).

3) Assir:

1 Chr 6:24 Qorah---Assir---Taḥath---Uri’ĕl---Uzziyah---Sha’ul his son

Why were Amasai and Ahimoth other sons not considered to give seed to their step brother Nahath's wife?

The name Amasai H6022 means 'burdensome/impose a burden' (from H6006 amas) 

The name Ahimoth H287 means 'ach/brother' 'muth/death' i.e. 'brother of death'. His name is also mentioned as 'Mahath' H4287 which means 'erasure' from H4229 'to blot out/abolish/wipe out'

1Ch 6:35 son of Tsuph, son of Elqanah, son of Maḥath H4287, son of Amasai, 

Their names itself tells us that they were named by their father Elqanah for an unknown reason to us as a seed of burden and a seed of death/an erasure. 

The son of Tsuph, Tuach H8430 means 'humble' and his father's name Tsuph H6689 means 'honey comb as in dripping honey' (from H6688)

This shows us names are very significant in scripture and gives us a clear picture why parents would name their children positively and negatively.

Why would Tsuph not take his brother Nahath's wife to give the dead brother a seed?

If Tsuph would have been the blood brother from the same father and mother to Nahath then he had to obey Turah by taking his brother's wife as his to give her a seed, but it seemed him good to give his son Tuach to redeem her. Notice the Turah portion says 'When brothers live together' indicating under one roof....as of the same parents.

Deu 25:5 “When brothers live together, and one of them has died, and has no son, the widow of the dead man shall not become a stranger’s outside. Her husband’s brother does go in to her, and shall take her as his wife, and perform the duty of a husband’s brother to her. 

Deu 25:6 “And it shall be that the first-born son which she bears does rise up for the name of his dead brother, so that his name is not blotted out of Yisra’ĕl. 

We can determine this from the genealogy or else it won't make sense. The proof of the text lies in the three-variant spellings of the son Eliyab/Eliel/Elihu which shows us he was a borrowed son by right of redemption by the near kinsman. The word 'Nahath (Nachath)' comes from the primitive root word H5181 which means 'to sink, descend, go down'. The same word H5183 means 'quietness/descent/to rest' and his name spiritually shows him resting in the sleep of death where H2844 'khat' means 'crushed; also, afraid; abstractly terror: - broken, dismayed, dread, fear'

1Ch 6:66 And some of the clans of the sons of Qohath had cities of their borders from the tribe of Ephrayim. 

1 Chr 6:66 is further proof that Qohathites (Elqanah and Samuel were descendants of Qohath) had cities of their borders from the tribe of Ephrayim. The Tanak doesn't mention Bayth Lacham being alloted to which tribe but when we see both the Ephrathites and Yahudites dwelling there and the city being called 'Ephrathites of Bĕyth Leḥem, Yahuḏah', it is an evidence that they shared the city in the allotment or else an Ephrathite couldn't acquire a property in another tribe inheritance as mentioned in Turah.

End of extract

Thus, we see Heyman a descendant of Qohath also an Ephrathite and Yahudite as he was a seed of Chetsron the son of Perets a son of Yahudah. We will also see how he was an ‘Azarachay’ when we see Ethan’s lineage.

  Who was Ethan descended from?

We saw Ethan the Levite descended from Merari but he is called Azarachay, we can get a clue through the genealogy

1.The descendants of Zerah: "The sons of Zerach were Zimriy, Eythan, Heyman, Calcol and Dara; five of them in all." (1 Chronicles 2:6)

1 Chro 6:6-10 is a genealogy from Amram son of Qohath whose sons were Aharon and Masha

1Ch 6:2  And the sons of Qehath: Amram, Yitshar, and Ḥeḇron, and Uzzi’ĕl.

1Ch 6:3  And the children of Amram: Aharon, and Mosheh, and Miryam. And the sons of Aharon: Naḏaḇ and Aḇihu, Elʽazar and Ithamar.

 1Ch 6:4  Elʽazar brought forth Pineḥas, Pineḥas brought forth Aḇishua; 

1Ch 6:5  and Aḇishua brought forth Buqqi, and Buqqi brought forth Uzzi;  

1Ch 6:6  and Uzzi brought forth Zeracḥyah, and Zeracḥyah brought forth Merayoth;

1Ch 6:7  Merayoth brought forth Amaryah, and Amaryah brought forth Aḥituḇ;

1Ch 6:8  and Aḥituḇ brought forth Tsaḏoq, and Tsaḏoq brought forth Aḥimaʽats;

1Ch 6:9  and Aḥimaʽats brought forth Azaryah, and Azaryah brought forth Yoḥanan;

1Ch 6:10  and Yoḥanan brought forth Azaryah – it was he who served as priest in the House that Shelomoh built in Yerushalayim;

1Ch 6:11  and Azaryah brought forth Amaryah, and Amaryah brought forth Aḥituḇ;

1Ch 6:12  and Aḥituḇ brought forth Tsaḏoq, and Tsaḏoq brought forth Shallum;

1Ch 6:13  and Shallum brought forth Ḥilqiyah, and Ḥilqiyah brought forth Azaryah;

1Ch 6:14  and Azaryah brought forth Serayah, and Serayah brought forth Yehotsaḏaq.

1Ch 6:15  And Yehotsaḏaq went away when יהוה sent Yehuḏah and Yerushalayim into exile by the hand of Neḇuḵaḏnetstsar.

2. The sons of Merari: "Then David spoke to the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their relatives the singers, with instruments of music, harps, lyres, loud-sounding cymbals, to raise sounds of joy. So, the Levites appointed Heyman the son of Yoel, and from his relatives, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and from the sons of Merari their relatives, Eythan the son of Kushaiah," (1 Chronicles 15:16-17)

3. It shows he was descended from two branches of the Levi who intermarried in the past: Zerachiah (Aaron/Kohathite) and the Merarites

1Ch 2:6  And the sons of Zeraḥ: Zimri, and Ěythan, and Hĕman, and Kalkol, and Dara, five of them in all.

1Ch 2:7  And the son of Karmi was Aḵar, the troubler of Yisra’ĕl, who trespassed in that which was under the ban.

1Ch 2:8  And the sons/banay of Ěythan was Azaryah.

1Chro 2:8 shows Azaryah as son of Eythan and there is a pause there, there is no lineage shown from Azaryah here in the next verses. We must not miss the word ‘banay’ which is plural before Eythan and means ‘sons’ but it is translated here by translators as ‘son’ (singular)

Hence, scripture shows us that the pause doesn’t mean the lineage stops here but we need to look elsewhere.

Ezra was from this lineage:

Ezr 7:1  And after these events, in the reign of Artaḥshashta sovereign of Persia, Ezra son of Serayah, son of Azaryah, son of Ḥilqiyah,

Ezr 7:2  son of Shallum, son of Tsaḏoq, son of Aḥituḇ,

Ezr 7:3  son of Amaryah, son of Azaryah, son of Merayoth,

Ezr 7:4  son of Zeraḥyah, son of Uzzi, son of Buqqi,

Ezr 7:5  son of Aḇishua, son of Phineḥas, son of Elʽazar, son of Aharon the chief priest –

If you compare the genealogy between Ezra 7:1-5 and 1Chro 6:6-10 you will see Ezra records a short genealogy of his descendancy whereas 1Chro 6:8-15 records the complete genealogy. Please compare the two texts below:

Ezr 7:1  And after these events, in the reign of Artaḥshashta sovereign of Persia, Ezra son of Serayah, son of Azaryah, son of Ḥilqiyah,

Ezr 7:2  son of Shallum, son of Tsaḏoq, son of Aḥituḇ,

Ezr 7:3  son of Amaryah, son of Azaryah, son of Merayoth (Meraite),

Ezr 7:4  son of Zeracḥyah (Zerach), son of Uzzi, son of Buqqi,

Ezr 7:5  son of Aḇishua, son of Phineḥas, son of Elʽazar, son of Aharon the chief priest –

1Ch 6:3  And the children of Amram: Aharon, and Mosheh, and Miryam. And the sons of Aharon: Naḏaḇ and Aḇihu, Elʽazar and Ithamar.

1Ch 6:4  Elʽazar brought forth Pineḥas, Pineḥas brought forth Aḇishua;

1Ch 6:5  and Aḇishua brought forth Buqqi, and Buqqi brought forth Uzzi;

1Ch 6:6  and Uzzi brought forth Zeracḥyah, and Zeracḥyah brought forth Merayoth;

1Ch 6:7  Merayoth brought forth Amaryah, and Amaryah brought forth Aḥituḇ;

1Ch 6:8  and Aḥituḇ brought forth Tsaḏoq, and Tsaḏoq brought forth Aḥimaʽats;

1Ch 6:9  and Aḥimaʽats brought forth Azaryah, and Azaryah brought forth Yoḥanan;

1Ch 6:10  and Yoḥanan brought forth Azaryah – it was he who served as priest in the House that Shelomoh built in Yerushalayim;

1Ch 6:11  and Azaryah brought forth Amaryah, and Amaryah brought forth Aḥituḇ;

1Ch 6:12  and Aḥituḇ brought forth Tsaḏoq, and Tsaḏoq brought forth Shallum;

1Ch 6:13  and Shallum brought forth Ḥilqiyah, and Ḥilqiyah brought forth Azaryah;

1Ch 6:14  and Azaryah brought forth Serayah, and Serayah brought forth Yehotsaḏaq.

1Ch 6:15  And Yehotsaḏaq went away when יהוה sent Yehuḏah and Yerushalayim into exile by the hand of Neḇuḵaḏnetstsar.

The English translation will never reveal the obvious so we must look closely in Hebrew:

1Chr 6:1 The sons of/banay Lewi were Gershon, Qehath and Merari

1Chr 6:2 And the sons of/Ubanay Qehath were Amram, Yitshar, Chebron and Uzzi’El

1Chr 6:3 And the sons of/Ubanay Amram were Aharon, Mosheh and Miryam. And the sons of/ubanay Aharon were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar

1Chr 6:4 Eleazar became the father of/hulayad eth-Pinechas, and Pinechas became the father of/hulayad Abishua

Usage of the word hulayad:

The word ‘yalad’ H3205 is a root word in ‘hu/behold la/the yad/hand’

The word 'hu' also means 'Oh/Alas/Woe' and is used positively and negatively in scriptures

Again we see the scarlet thread hand extending in testifying that Yahusha is Yahuah.

It is obvious that whenever there is a break in a lineage through intermarriage/law of giving seed to a dead brother then this word is used.

Exo 6:25 And Eleazar Aharon's son took him one of the daughters of Putiy’el to be his woman; and she bore him את eth-Pinechas: these are the heads of the fathers of the Leviyiym according to their families.

Pinechas son’s name was Abishua which 1Chro 6:4 records which Eleazar acquired through one of the daughters of Putiyel. The rabbinical Judaism attributes Putiyel to be Yethro, Masha’s father in law who himself was a priest.

1Ch 6:4  Elʽazar brought forth Pineḥas, Pineḥas brought forth Aḇishua;

Aharon begat Eleazar among other sons Nadab, Abihu & Ithamar from Elishaba the daughter of Ammiynadab from the lineage of Perets from Yahudah.

Hence we see the breach/breaking forth of Yahudah through the priestly lineage

Exo 6:23  Aharon took to himself eth-Elisheḇa, daughter of eth-Amminaḏaḇ, sister of eth-Naḥshon, as wife. And she bore him eth-Naḏaḇ, and eth-Aḇihu, eth-Elʽazar, and eth-Ithamar.

Rth 4:18 Now these are the generations of Perets: Perets begat את eth-Chetsron,

Rth 4:19 And Chetsron begat את eth-Ram, and Ram begat את eth-Ammiynadab,

Rth 4:20 And Ammiynadab begat את eth-Nachshon, and Nachshon begat את eth-Salmah

Hence, we see two lineages one from Qohath from Levi and one from Yahudah -merged in the priesthood

Heb 7:11 If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the Torah,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Malkiy-Tsedeq, and not be called after the order of Aharon?

Heb 7:12 For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the priestly regimen.

Heb 7:13 For he of whom these things are spoken pertains to another tribe, of which no man gave attendance at the altar.

Heb 7:14 For it is evident that our YAHUAH sprang out of Yahudah; of which tribe Mosheh spoke nothing concerning priesthood.

Heb 7:15 And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Malkiy-Tsedeq there arises another priest,

The title Malkiy (King)- Tsedeq (Righteousness) comes from Adoni-tsedeq H139 referring to the King ruling from Yerushalayim. There was a king ruling in Yerushalayim before Yasharal took over Yerushalayim with this title

Jos 10:3  And Aḏoni-Tseḏeq sovereign of Yerushalayim sent to Hoham sovereign of Ḥeḇron, and to Piram sovereign of Yarmuth, and to Yaphiya sovereign of Laḵish, and to Deḇir sovereign of Eḡlon, saying,

The reference is to Yahusha who is Malkiy-Tsedeq ruling on the throne of David as promised to David by Yahuah. Hence, the priesthood would spring from there.

Now let’s get back to 1 Chro 6:5 where the lineage continues from Eleazar into the Yahudites from his son Pinechas

1Chr 6:5 and Abishua became the father of/hulayad eth Buqqi, and Buqqi became the father of/hulayad Uzzi,

1Chr 6:6 and Uzzi became the father of/ hulayad eth ZerachYah, and ZerachYah (ZerachYah: Yah will rise/zerach) became the father of/ hulayad eth Merayoth (Merite: A descendant from Merari),

Strong’s translates the word as ‘rebellious’ which is incorrect.  The usage of this word is only related to a name consistently in scripture.

The lineage further goes on to let us know that Uzzi became the father of the seed of Zerach from where Yah will rise and ZerachYah became the father of Merayuth where the suffix in Hebrew ‘Ut’ is a plural feminine which should be correctly translated as ‘Merite’ (i.e. of Merariy)

1Chr 6:7 Merayoth became the father of/hulayad AmarYah, and AmarYah became the father of/hulayad Achitub

1Chr6:8 and Achitub became the father of/hulayad Tsadoq, and Tsadoq became the father of/hulayad Achimaats,

1Chr6:9 and Achimaats became the father of/hulayad AzarYah and AzarYah became the father of/hulayad Yochanan,

1Chr 6:10 and Yochanan became the father of/hulayad AzarYah (it was he who served as the priest in the house which Shelomoh built in Yerushalam),

1Chr6:11 and AzarYah became the father of/hulayad AmarYah, and AmarYah became the father of/hulayad Achitub,

1Chr6:12 and Achitub became the father of/hulayad Tsadoq, and Tsadoq became the father of/hulayad Shallum,

1Chr6:13 and Shallum became the father of/hulayad ChilqiYah, and ChilqiYah became the father of/hulayad AzarYah,

1Chr6:14 and AzarYah became the father of/hulayad SeraYah, and SeraYah became the father of/hulayad Yahutsadaq;

1Chr6:15 and Yahutsadaq went into captivity when Yahuah carried away Yahudah and Yerushalam by the hand of Nebukadnetsar.

Hence, we see a switch over from banay/sons to hulayad/became father of through intermarriage.

2Ki 25:18 And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Tsapanyah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:

Ne 11:11 Seraiah the son of Hilqiyah, the son of Meshullam/Shallum, the son of Tsadoq, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, was the ruler of the house of Alahym.

Ezra’s lineage as quoted by him: Ezra- Serayah- (Yehotsadaq not mentioned before Serayah by Ezra which is evident that Serayah was his grandfather and Yehotsadaq his immediate father)-Azaryah-Hilqiyah—Shallum-Tsaqoq-Ahitub-Amaryah-Azaryah-Merayoth-Zeracyah (Zerach)-Uzzi-Buqqi-Abishua-Phineas-Eleazar-Aharon

Ezra quotes only 6 generations and skips 8 generations unto him and that’s because of the hulayad/became the father of. If you add the generations from David to the exile to Babel is exactly 14 generations which is recorded by Matthew in his bashurah. Ezra is showing his connection through Merari, Zerach & the Qehath lineage taking away the focus from repeated names in his genealogy.

1Chr 6:10 tells us Azaryah was the priest in the temple which king Shelemoh built and his great grandfather Tsadoq stood in the time of Daud as priest

Mat 1:17  So all the generations from Aḇraham to Dawiḏ were fourteen generations, and from Dawiḏ until the exile to Baḇel were fourteen generations, and from the exile to Baḇel until the Messiah were fourteen generations.

The 1 Chro 6:7-8 doesn't record Achimelek/Ahimelek as the son of Ahitub which shows he was a priest, a son of Ahitub from another wife of Ahitub. This was the priest who gave David and his men the shew bread when they were hungry and was put to death by king Shaul stating he conspired against him. 1 Chro 6:7-8 reveals Achitub’s son as Tsadoq. 1 Samuel 22:20 shows us Ahimelek’s son to be Eḇyathar

1Chr 6:7 Merayoth became the father of/hulayad AmarYah, and AmarYah became the father of/hulayad Achitub

1Chr6:8 and Achitub became the father of/hulayad Tsadoq, and Tsadoq became the father of/hulayad Achimaats,

The 14 generations from David to Babylonian captivity: Eḇyathar-(Ahimelek’s son & Ahimelek was Achitub's son)- Tsaḏoq (Achitub’s son)-Ahimaats-Azaryah-Yochanan-Azaryah-Amaryah-Ahitub-Tsadoq-Shallum-Hilqiyah-Azaryah-Serayah-Yehotsaḏaq

Hence, when we count 14 generations from David to Babylonian captivity we count Ebyathar and Tsadoq as they stood as priests in David’s court.

2Sa 8:15  And Dawiḏ reigned over all Yisra’ĕl, and Dawiḏ was doing right-ruling and righteousness to all his people.

2Sa 8:16  And Yo’aḇ son of Tseruyah was over the army, and Yehoshaphat son of Aḥiluḏ was recorder,

2Sa 8:17  and Tsaḏoq son of Aḥituḇ and Aḥimeleḵ son of Eḇyathar were the priests, and Serayah was the scribe,

2Sam 8:17 seems to be contradictory when we read it in English semantics, that's because Ebythar was the son of Ahimelek but the English translations says Ahimelek son of Ebyathar which is incorrect. Here is the Hebrew rendering:

17. w’Tsadoq/And Tsadoq ben/son-‘Achitub wa’Achimelek/And Achimelek ben/son-‘Eb’yathar kohanim/priests uS’raYah/and Serayah sopher/scribe.

There is no ‘of’ in Hebrew. There is no contradiction in scriptures and men create this confusion.

The verse should read ‘And Tsadoq son- Achitub and Achimelek’s son-Ebyathar priests and Serayah scribe’

1Sa 22:11  And the sovereign sent someone to call Aḥimeleḵ the priest, son of Acḥituḇ, and all his father’s house, the priests who were in Noḇ. And they all came to the sovereign,

1Sa 22:12  and Sha’ul said, “Hear now, son of Aḥituḇ!” And he answered, “Here I am, my master.”

1Sa 22:13  And Sha’ul said to him, “Why have you conspired against me, you and the son of Yishai, by giving him bread and a sword, and have inquired of Elohim for him, to rise against me, to lie in wait, as it is this day?”

1Sa 22:14  And Aḥimeleḵ answered the sovereign and said, “And who among all your servants is so trustworthy as Dawiḏ, who is the sovereign’s son-in-law, and has turned aside to your counsel, and is esteemed in your house?

1Sa 22:15  “Have I today begun to inquire of Elohim for him? Far be it from me! Let not the sovereign lay a case against his servant, or against any in the house of my father. For your servant knew not of all this, little or much.”

1Sa 22:16  And the sovereign said, “You shall certainly die, Aḥimeleḵ, you and all your father’s house!”

1Sa 22:17  The sovereign then said to the guards who stood about him, “Turn and put the priests of יהוה to death, because their hand also is with Dawiḏ, and because they knew when he fled and did not reveal it to me.” But the servants of the sovereign would not lift their hands to come against the priests of יהוה.

1Sa 22:18  And the sovereign said to Do’ĕḡ, “You turn and come against the priests!” So Do’ĕḡ the Eḏomite turned and came against the priests, and put to death on that day eighty-five men who wore a linen shoulder garment.

1Sa 22:19  And he smote Noḇ, the city of the priests, with the edge of the sword, from men even to women, from children even to nursing infants, and oxen and donkeys and sheep, with the edge of the sword.

1Sa 22:20  And one of the sons of Aḥimeleḵ son of Aḥituḇ, named Eḇyathar, escaped and fled after Dawiḏ.

1Sa 22:21  And Eḇyathar reported to Dawiḏ that Sha’ul had slain the priests of יהוה.

1Sa 22:22  And Dawiḏ said to Eḇyathar, “I knew that day, when Do’ĕḡ the Eḏomite was there, that he would certainly inform Sha’ul. I am accountable for all the lives of your father’s house.

1Sa 22:23  “Remain with me, do not fear. For he who seeks my life seeks your life, but with me you are safe.”

Hence, it is evident that Azariah was not an immediate son of Eythan the son of Zerach but his descendant mentioned in Ezra’s 7 & 1 Chro 6 lineage. In 1 Chro 6 lineage he is lost as there are multiple Azaryahu’s in it but in Ezra’s lineage he is evident as son of Merite/Merayoth, the son of Zerachyah ( from Zerach) the son of Uzziy from Aharon’s (Qohath’s) lineage through Phineas through Yahudah (Exo 6:23)

Ezr 7:1 NOW after these things, in the reign of Artachshashta king of Persia, Ezra the son of Serayahu, the son of Azaryahu, the son of Chilqiyahu,

Ezr 7:2 The son of Shallum, the son of Tsadoq, the son of Achiytuv,

Ezr 7:3 The son of Amaryahu, the son of Azaryahu, the son of Merayoth (Merite),

Ezr 7:4 The son of Zerachyah (Zerach), the son of Uzziy, the son of Buqqiy,

Ezr 7:5  son of Aḇishua, son of Phineḥas, son of Elʽazar, son of Aharon the chief priest –

1Ch 2:8 And the sons/banay of Eythan; Azaryahu.

Hence, we see a pause in 1Chr 2:8 pertaining to Eythan the son of Zerach and a pause in Matthew’s genealogy when quoting Zerach along with Perets. As Heyman came through Qohath and Eythan through Merari, the lineage through Aharon shows us the enjoining between Yahudah, Ephrayim & Levi, the tribes from where Mashiyach sprang forth as ‘Prophet from the brethren, Priest and King’

1Ch 5:2  for Yehuḏah prevailed over his brothers, and from him came a ruler, although the birthright was Yosĕph’s

Psa 110:4 YAHUAH has sworn, and will not repent, You are a priest forever after the order/dabar of Malkiy-Tsedeq.

Song of Masha and the Song of the Lamb:

Rev 15:3 And they sing the song of Mosheh (Shemoth 15:11) the servant of YAHUAH, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are your works, YAHUAH ELOHIYM TSEVA’OTH; just and true are your ways, King of the qodeshiym (Saints. Those who are set apart.)

Rev 15:4 Who shall not fear you (Yirmeyahu 10:7), O YAHUAH, and glorify your name? for you only are set-apart: for all nations shall come and worship before you; (Tehilliym 86:9) for your judgments are made manifest.

The FIVE sons of Zerach/rising show us a picture of the redeemed who bear the scarlet thread of redemption singing the Turah, witnessing to ha Mashiyach.

Scarlet/shanay runs as the Second/shanay witness throughout Turah.

It was in the Tabernacle curtains & cloths (Exo 26:1), hangings for the door (Exo 26:36),hanging for the gate (Exo 27:16), in the ephod (Exo 28:6, 33), vail (Exo 36:35), cleansing of leper (Lev 14:4,6), cleansing of the plagued house (Lev 14:49), Cloth spread on the table of shew bread (Num 4:8),in the sacrifice (Num 19:6)

The shanay/scarlet on the hand/yad is a witness of Ha Mashiyach in Turah where hand represents the showing of work of redemption in rising/zarach of Mashiyach. Scarlet is red in color and represents the color of blood shed by Mashiyach for our sins.

Rev 14:1 AND I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on Mount Tsiyon (Yesha`yahu 59:20; Tehilliym 2:6), and with him a hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads.

Rev 14:2 And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of kitharists playing with their kithara (guitars or harps):

Rev 14:3 And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four living creatures, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.

The number 144000 is a spiritual number representing the complete number i.e. 1,000 of the elects of Yahuah in the OT and the NT. i.e.12 x 12 x 1000. No one could learn the song except for them.

The picture of shanay/two can also be seen in Yahuah making everything relating back to him in TWO

Examples:

Sun and moon, day and night, male and female, heaven and earth, tree of knowledge of good and evil and tree of life, two cherubs to guard to the way to the tree of life, two of a kind in Noach’s ark, blood on the two door posts of the house (Pesach), two omers of manna for one man, two witnesses, woman given two wings of an eagle, two candle sticks, two covenants etc  

Gen 1:16 And ELOHIYM made את eth-two/shanayam great lights; את eth-the greater light to rule the day, and את eth-the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.

Exo 20:5 You shall not bow down yourself to them, nor serve them: for I YAHUAH ELOHAYKA am a jealous EL, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate/shana H8130 me;

Modern Hebrew through vowel points changes the word ‘shana’ from a shan to samek to sound it ‘sana’ which is incorrect.

We already saw the word ‘shanah/shanay’ which means ‘two’. The word ‘shana’ spelled as ‘shan-nun-alaph’ is closely related to the shanah/shanay and is of the same family as it means ‘alter/change/diverse’. How is it translated as ‘HATE’?

If you relate hate in giving Yahuah a second/shanay place makes sense as Yahuah expects us to love Him with all our heart, soul and might. If we place other things before him, we are actually idol worshipers as we are altering/changing his position in our lives.

Hate is the opposite of love and is equal to a secondary love, a diluted love. Yahuah is a jealous AL and visits the twisted actions of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth i.e. beyond the TWO.

Yahuah has given us a two-fold profound witness in scriptures about him.

Gen 38:27  And it came to be, at the time for giving birth, that see, twins/taam H8380 were in her womb/batan H990.

The word ‘Taam’ H8380 means ‘double’

Ephrathah H672 means ‘double ash heap’

Levi means ‘to enjoin/attached’

Perets means ‘to breach/break’

Zerach means ‘rise’

Yadah means ‘praise with extended hands’

The twins/double which were abundantly blessed and joined are shown as breaking through and rising in praise with extended hands, the hand which said ‘’I will raise you’’ (Azarachay)

Psa 110:1 יהוה said to my יהוה, “Sit at My right hand, Until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”

Heb 2:11 For both He who sets apart and those who are being set apart are all of One, for which reason He is not ashamed to call them brothers,

Heb 2:12 saying, “I shall announce Your Name to My brothers, in the midst of the congregation I shall sing praise to You.”

Summary:

We were brother's of the same household, but we/Yasharal of the Flesh were dead Spiritually, without Mashayakh.  We were the dead brother, and Yahusha our brother gave seed to the Widow, who is us.  That His name might not be cut off, but continue Spiritually as He gave His Life, the only Seed, which had Spiritual Life within it, to bear forth after its kind.  To keep His name alive, in Yasharal of the Ruakh. For we were the Dead Brother in Transgression and also the Widow who needed the Seed of our Elder Brother and Firstborn. Yahusha performed the Turah of raising up a Son for the Widow who was us. He is the Firstborn amongst many brother's, and as He said we/Yasharal of the Ruakh are His Firstborn. Only by His death and Rising, could He fulfill the Turah of the Dead Brother! That Seed is Mashayakh and the Life within it is Eternal; no longer is Yasharal a Widow, but she has received the Only Seed of the Firstborn Brother, to bring Life back to her barren Womb, that she will give birth in turn to many sons and daughters now in the exact image and likeness of the Firstborn. For the garments of her Widowhood have been removed.  The Brother was to take his brothers Widow as a wife.  The only way Yahusha could take us as His wife was to die, and by His own blood cleanse us from our Spiritual Whoredom, making us a Virgin Daughter and Bride!   Only He could Heal the Breach of His Daughter! Thus, Yasharal's name is not blotted out! 

Seeing the one who broke forth, and the one who will come again. The one cut off in Death, but Rose to Life! Truly He redeemed us from the Turah of Khata and Mut, and through His Blood renews us to Life!  How He has woven the Scarlet Thread so beautifully throughout Dabar is mind blowing.  Making the Two, One in His Hand.  The True Pattern vs The False Pattern.  When I think of the Takanayat and Tabanayat, the roots KAN and BAN stickout, the Son Mashayakh our Foundation on which all stands in Him!