H1294 H1294
Beracah—a warrior who joined David and a valley where Judah blessed God
The name Beracah means 'blessing' and appears in two contexts: a warrior from Benjamin who defected to David at Ziklag (1 Chr 12:3), and the Valley of Beracah where Jehoshaphat's army gathered to bless the Lord after their miraculous victory over Moab and Ammon (2 Chr 20:26, mentioned twice). The valley's name commemorates that moment of thanksgiving. Both person and place bear witness to God's blessing—one through loyalty in David's wilderness years, the other through deliverance in battle.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A proper name meaning 'blessing,' referring to both a person and a place. The warrior Beracah appears in 1 Chronicles 12:3 among David's mighty men. The Valley of Beracah (2 Chr 20:26, twice) is where Judah assembled to bless God after victory. Cross-linguistic glosses preserve the name: 'Beracah/Beraca' in English and Spanish, with French and German using placeholder brackets. The conjunction 'and-' in some forms indicates his inclusion in a list of warriors, while the place name stands independently as a geographical memorial. 3×
AR["بَرَاكَةَ", "وَبَرَاكَة"]·ben["এবং-বরাখা", "বেরাখা", "বেরাখার"]·DE["[ברכה]", "[וברכה]"]·EN["Beracah", "and-Berakah"]·FR["[ברכה]", "[וברכה]"]·heb["ברכה", "ו-ברכה"]·HI["और-बराकाह", "बराकाकी"]·ID["Berakhah", "dan-Berakha"]·IT["[ברכה]", "[וברכה]"]·jav["Béraka", "lan-Bèrakha"]·KO["그-와-브라가", "베라가", "베라가의"]·PT["Berachah", "e-Berakhah"]·RU["Бераха", "и-Бераха"]·ES["Beraca", "y-Beracá"]·SW["Baraka", "na-Beraka"]·TR["Berakhah'nın", "ve-Beraka"]·urd["اور-برکہ", "برکہ", "برکہ-کی"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† II. בְּרָכָה 1. n.pr.loc. Valley in wilderness by Tekoa 2 Ch 20:26(×2) mod. Bereikût cf. Be & reff. 2. n.pr.m. one of David’s band 1 Ch 12:3.