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title: בֶּרֶכְיָה — Berachiah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בֶּרֶכְיָה (1296), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: Berachiah. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בֶּרֶכְיָה

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«בֶּרֶכְיָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Berachiah** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 7 times · **Key:** 1296 · **BDB:** יְבֶרֶכְיָ֫הוּ

### Glosses

of.Berekiah (4); Berekiah (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Berachiah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1296/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1296/#m2)

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**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.

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בֶּרֶכְיָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1296/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 15:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.15.23/)

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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.

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[1 Chronicles 3:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.3.20/)

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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.

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