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And he went inוַיָּבֹאtoאֶלhis wife,אִשְׁתּוֹand she conceivedוַתַּהַרand boreוַתֵּלֶדa son;בֵּןand he calledוַיִּקְרָאhis nameאֶת שְׁמוֹBeriah,בְּרִיעָהbecauseכִּיthere had beenהָיְתָהmisfortuneבְרָעָהin his house.בְּבֵיתוֹ
1 Chronicles 7:23
Study it in the app“And he went in to his wife, and she conceived and bore a son; and he called his name Beriah, because there had been misfortune in his house.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Chronicles 7:23, word by word
- And he went inיָּבֹאyavo
go in to
To go in to a woman as husband.
Where else “yavo” appears- his wifeאִשְׁתּisht
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “isht” appears- and she conceivedתַּהַרtahar
conceive
Become pregnant, conceive; figuratively, conceive a plan.
Where else “tahar” appears- and boreתֵּלֶדteled
bear
To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.
Where else “teled” appears- a sonבֵּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- and he calledיִּקְרָאyikra
name
To give someone a name.
Where else “yikra” appears- his nameשְׁמshem
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appears- Beriahבְּרִיעָהberia
Beriah
Beriah, the name of several Israelites; among them a son of Asher and a son of Ephraim.
Where else “beria” appears- there had beenהָיְתָהhayta
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “hayta” appears- misfortuneרָעָהraa
harm
Something that hurts, a disaster.
Where else “raa” appears- in his houseבֵיתvet
household
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “vet” appears
Translation note
In Hebrew “Beriah” sounds like “in misfortune” (be-raah).
The context
22And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brothers came to comfort him.
23 · This verse (above)
24And his daughter was Sheerah, and she built Lower Beth-horon and Upper, and Uzzen-sheerah.