Hebrew word · H7525

רִצְיָא

veritzya'

Rizia

Probably from rāṣāh, 'to be pleased with, take delight in, accept favourably'. So 'delight' or 'pleasing one'.

Appears once in the Hebrew Old Testament. · Updated November 07, 2026

What it means

A man of the tribe of Asher living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.7.39;

son of: Shual (H7777B);

brother of: Arah (H0733) and Hanniel (H2592H)

§ Rezia = "delight"

an Asherite of the sons of Ulla

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Range of meaning: Probably from rāṣāh, 'to be pleased with, take delight in, accept favourably'. So 'delight' or 'pleasing one'.
Against the English: KJV and YLT have 'Rezia'. BSB and WEB have 'Rizia', which is closer to the Hebrew vowels.
Used elsewhere in the period: This name appears only here. The root rāṣāh is very common, often for God accepting a sacrifice or a person (e.g., Leviticus 1:4, Psalm 147:11).

1 Chronicles · 1

1 Chronicles 7:39 וְרִצְיָֽא׃ and Rizia

The sons of Ulla: Arah, Hanniel, and Rizia.

Here: Third and last name. It probably comes from rāṣāh, 'to be pleased with, accept', so it means something like 'delight' or 'pleasing'. This name appears only here. Asher's genealogy ends with it, and verse 40 then gives the summary and the troop count.

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