בֶּרֶכְיָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H1296

Berachiah — used 7 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

Berachiah tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

יְבֶרֶכְיָ֫הוּ: n.pr.m. tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.pr.m. ( = יְבָרֶכְיָהוּ s. Yah blesseth Ges§ 27, 3) father of a Zechariah in Isaiah’s time Is 8:2; usually in abbreviated form as foll.: בֶּרֶכְיָה, son of Zerubbabel 1 Ch 3:20. a Levite guard of the ark 1 Ch 9:16; 15:23. father of Meshullam, one of Nehemiah’s chiefs Ne 3:4, 30; 6:18. father of the prophet Zechariah Zc 1:1 = בֶּרֶכְיָהוּ v 7; בֶּרֶכְיָהוּ also father of Asaph 1 Ch 6:24; 15:17. Ephraimite chief 2 Ch 28:12.

Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: of Berekiah (4); Berekiah (3).

In the verses

1 Chronicles 15:23 · tree →

וּבֶֽרֶכְיָה֙ וְאֶלְקָנָ֔ה שֹׁעֲרִ֖ים לָאָרֽוֹן׃

Word for word: and Berekiah and Elkanah gatekeepers for the ark

JPS 1917: And Berechiah and Elkanah were door-keepers for the ark.

1 Chronicles 3:20 · tree →

וַחֲשֻׁבָ֡ה וָ֠אֹהֶל וּבֶרֶכְיָ֧ה וַֽחֲסַדְיָ֛ה י֥וּשַׁב חֶ֖סֶד י֥וּשַׁב חֶ֖סֶד חָמֵֽשׁ׃

Word for word: and Hashubah and Ohel and Berekiah and Hasadiah Jushab-Hesed Jushab-Hesed five

JPS 1917: and Hashubah and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah, Jushabhesed, five.

On Mova

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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