2 Chronicles 20:26

“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.”

2 Chronicles 20:26 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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