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1 Chronicles 15:23
“And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
בֶּרֶכְיָהBerekyâh · beh-rek-yaw'
H1296 · Hebrew
H1296 · Hebrew
- Definition
- Berekjah, the name of six Israelites
- Derivation
- or בֶּרֶכְיָהוּ; from H1290 (בֶּרֶךְ) and H3050 (יָהּ); knee (i.e. blessing) of Jah;
- KJV renderings
- Berachiah, Berechiah.
- Grammar
- וּ — conjunction
- בֶֽרֶכְיָה֙ — proper noun
- Usage
- Occurs 11 times in the Hebrew Bible.1 Chronicles 3:201 Chronicles 6:241 Chronicles 9:161 Chronicles 15:172 Chronicles 28:12
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read בֶּרֶכְיָה here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.