On the fourthהָרְבִעִיdayוּבַיּוֹםthey assembledנִקְהֲלוּin the Valleyלְעֵמֶקof Beracah,בְּרָכָהforכִּיthereשָׁםthey blessedבֵּרֲכוּYHWH;יְהוָהthereforeעַל כֵּןthey calledקָרְאוּthe nameשֵׁםof thatהַהוּאplaceהַמָּקוֹםthe Valleyעֵמֶקof Beracah,בְּרָכָהtoעַדthis day.הַיּוֹם
2 Chronicles 20:26
Study it in the app“On the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Beracah, for there they blessed YHWH; therefore they called the name of that place the Valley of Beracah, to this day.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Chronicles 20:26, word by word
- On the fourthרְבִעִיrevii
fourth
What holds the place after the third.
Where else “revii” appears- dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- they assembledנִקְהֲלוּnikhalu
assemble
Assemble people, call them together; gather.
Where else “nikhalu” appears- in the Valleyעֵמֶקemek
valley
Valley, broad low plain.
Where else “emek” appears- of Beracahבְּרָכָהberacha
Beracah
Beracah: name of a Benjaminite who joined David and of a valley of Judah. It means "blessing."
Where else “beracha” appears- they blessedבֵּרֲכוּberachu
praise
To praise God: "blessed be YHWH".
Where else “berachu” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- they calledקָרְאוּkaru
name
To give someone a name.
Where else “karu” appears- the nameשֵׁםshem
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appears- placeמָּקוֹםmakom
place
A place, a spot.
Where else “makom” appears
Translation note
“Beracah” means “blessing.”
The context
25Jehoshaphat and his people came to plunder their spoil, and they found among them in abundance goods and corpses and precious objects, and they stripped them for themselves until they could carry no more; and they were three days plundering the spoil, for it was much.
26 · This verse (above)
27All the men of Judah and Jerusalem returned, with Jehoshaphat at their head, to return to Jerusalem with joy, for YHWH had made them rejoice by delivering them from their enemies.